Gov Wike swears in 15 Special Advisers, board chairman

Fifteen new Special Advisers were on Monday in Port Harcourt sworn
into the Rivers Executive Council by Governor Nyesom Wike.

Wike, who also swore-in the Chairman of Rivers Pension Board, Prof.
Ovunda Okene, inaugurated members of the Board of the Rivers State
Housing and Property Development Authority

NAN reports that the Governor called on the new appointees to see
their appointment as a call to serve the people of Rivers.

Wike also urged the appointees to regard the appointment as a means to
add value to the governance of the state rather than for
self-enrichment.

"When you have opportunity like this, use it to prove your capacity,
this can be the platform for promotion, this is not an opportunity to
make money, just serve, what is due you will come to you," Wike said.

The governor urged them to be loyal at all times and contribute to the
advancement of the people of the State.

He tasked the new appointees to be in touch with their constituencies
to keep them abreast with the development of the state.

According to him, the state government was working to amend the
Pension Law to address the challenges experienced in the pension
scheme.

He also urged the State Housing and Property Development Authority to
sanitise the housing sector.