Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has pledged to support any policy of the President Buhari administration that will enhance the well-being of his people.
Wike said his office will not jeopardize the benefits of his people through unnecessary partisan bickering and pledged his commitment to support any policy of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration that is in the interest of his state.
The governor made his remarks at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday when he granted audience to the Local Study Group from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Governor Wike said that his primary focus is to work for the good of Rivers People.
“I will support any policy of the Federal Government that will enhance the living standard of the people of Rivers State. It doesn’t matter who initiated such policy as long as it favours our people”.
Speaking further, the Governor urged the Federal Government to find ways to implement the recommendations of different NIPSS study teams especially as they relate to poverty alleviation.
He said the Rivers State Government will support the NIPSS study team in carrying out their research into poverty alleviation in the state.
Earlier, Director of Studies and Leader of Delegation of the Study Group, Prof Celestine Oyom Bassey, said that the team was in the state to carry out an assessment of the impact of poverty alleviation programmes in the state.
The team later held an interactive session with top officials of the Rivers State Government.
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