Rivers youth Leaders queries NLNG, trian 7 contractors on bonny Island

The leadership of the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly has queries NLNG, Train 7 Contractors on Bonny Island, appealed to His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Rivers State Sir Siminialayi Joseph Fubara GSSRS to take the welfare of State Civil Servants seriously. This was said by the House Leader and a Member Representing the People of Bonny LGA in the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly, double as Chairman of the Assembly Taskforce on Pollution and Environmental Matters, WARISENIBO Hon. (Amb.) Mie-iyene Pollyn in a motion at the plenary of this great Assembly held Monday, 7th August, 2023 in Port Harcourt, called on the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Amaopusenibo Sir Siminialayi Joseph Fubara, GSSRS to source for another N250 Billion Naira Loan through the Rivers State House of Assembly for the immediate construction and completion of the New Port Harcourt City (Rainbow Axes Housing Units) abandoned 10 years ago by previous administration including his predecessor.

The housing units if completed will help alleviate the sufferings the civil servants are facing in the state in the area of accommodation.

Continuous abandonment of the housing units at this point in time, when accommodation is a serious issue to our civil servants in the state, will amount to a waste of tax payers money and a state government’s resources earlier sank. I so moved, Mr. Speaker.

In another motion, the Deputy House Leader and a Member Representing the Good people of Obia/Akpor LGA Constituency 2 in the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly, double as the Chairman of the Assembly Taskforce on Employment Monitoring and Empowerment, Hon. Ejike George has called on the Managing Director/CEO of NLNG Mr. Msheibila Philip and his surbordinates, the General Manager of External Relations and Sustainable Development Mr. Andy Odeh to be up and doing in the area of adequate utilization of the 15,000 manpower/workforce on the ongoing NLNG Train 7 Projects in Bonny Island of Rivers State saying, the NLNG Train 7 Contractors had not kept to the Bonny Kingdom Local Content and Compliance Committee and that of the Nigerian Content Monitoring Board recommendations to them in terms of Employment, Supplies, and Contracts for both the Immediate Host Community (Finima), the LGA Host Community (Bonny Kingdom) and the State Host Community (Rivers State), he therefore in his motion frowned at the illegalities and activities of the Train 7 Contractors in Bonny Island, urged the leadership of the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly to expedite action to ensuring full implementation of all the agreement reached by the Host Communities, the continuous fragrant disrespect and disobidient to this laws and it’s recommendations is tantamount to breakdown of law and order in the communities, call on the security Agencies to investigate this ugly behavior and bring all those involved to book, he said as Taskforce exercising the oversight functions of this great Assembly, will not fold her hands, to accept this evil done on the youths of Rivers State, if government oversights will remain domart, his Taskforce must be very sound and proactive, hence he seek synergy with the government oversights committees to freely achieve this collectively for the overall interest of our youths, as I speak Mr. Speaker the NLNG Train 7 Project sites in Bonny Island are invaded with workers from outside the state, while the immediate host communities suffers both boys and girls, thereby making our youths in the state restive, unemployed and jobless, this is ridiculous, and provocational, I so moved, Mr. Speaker.

In another motion, the Head of Women Affairs and the Deputy Minority Leader of the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly, representing the good people of Obia/Akpor LGA Constituency 1 in the aforementioned Assembly double as the Chairman Assembly Taskforce on Women Affairs and Health, Hon. Amb. (Mrs.) Helen Ogene has appealed to the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Amaopusenibo Siminialayi Joseph Fubara GSSRS to take the welfare of Rivers State Civil Servants seriously,  employ more teachers and Health Workers, pay gratuity and pension, commence immediate rehabilitation and maintenance of the Rivers State Secretariat Complex, and also provide light for effiency and service delivery in the Civil Service of the State, Hon. Helen Ogene, said as a mother, she frowned at the poor working environment of Civil Servants at the Rivers State Secretariat Complex, Port Harcourt, Mr. Speaker, I must be very frank in this motion, that our Civil Service system in this state has collapsed, the health care system is worrisome, all the General Hospitals owned by the state government, no nurses, no Doctors to take care of the sick persons thereby endangering people’s life’s, the educational sectors in the state is in a state of pandamonum, nothing is working in this state, while commending the tenacity of the immediate past administration for his flyover and road projects within the Capital Cities of the state, call on the current administration led my Sir Siminialayi Joseph Fubara GSSRS to focus more on stomach infrastructure, Health Care Delivery via Zonal Hospitals and the Primary education as to extend the dividend of democracy to those area mentioned, I so moved Mr. Speaker.

In another motion, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Member Representing the Good people of Ogu/Bolo LGA Constituency 1 in the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly double as the Chairman of the Assembly Taskforce on Business Development and Contracts Hon. Amb. Nelson Ibibo had advocated for the extension of projects and contracts to the Rural/Riverine Communities in the state, he said the previous Administration abandoned them, appealed to Governor Siminialayi Joseph Fubara GSSRS to consider embarking on projects in the Rural and Riverine Communities to ease the pains of the people over their.

The Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly, Distinguished Hon. Amb. (Dr.) Prince Tonye Jeminimiema at the end of the plenary session directed that all the Assembly Taskforce that will oversight the aims and objectives of this noble and great parliament of youth leaders in the state should ensure they exercise their mandates in line with the extant laws of the state, the constitution of the Federation and in line with the constitution of the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly, having informed the relevant stakeholders in the state of the inauguration of the Principal Officers and Taskforce of the Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly, they should seek synergy with them to ensure progress in the due discharge of their respective functions and activities. The Speaker further mentioned, that he is satisfied with all the motions moved, and has taken cognizance on all issues mentioned above, he promised to take the Assembly worries to His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialayi Joseph Fubara GSSRS, and to also appeal to him to consider any member of this Assembly for the appointment of SA on Employment Generation and Empowerment, this will add more wings and fedders on the Assembly to enhance in achieving His Excellency’s mandate on Job creation and Empowerment of youths in the state as part of his election promises to the people of the state.

Signed:

Hon. Comrade Edward Odum, Hon. Clerk of the Assembly