By Ogu Ihuaku
Gov.Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, has declared that his administration would continue to prioritize the interest of Rivers people in the governance of the state under the mantra: ‘Rivers First’.
Fubara made the remark on Friday during the praise night organised by the state government to mark his one year anniversary, in Port Harcourt.
Fubara in a statement issued to journalists by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Chukwudi Nelson, called on all well-meaning Rivers people to continue to support his administration
The Deputy Governor, Prof. Ngozi Odu, who spoke on behalf of the Governor, also called on Rivers people to contribute their quota to making the administration achieve its vision of advancing the fortunes of the state.
The Governor said that God has made the impossible, possible, and also made permanent the situation in his administration by removing all obstacles.
He prayed that God will continue to fight the battles for the government to be victorious.
The Deputy Governor, noted with happiness the spiritual ministrations and prophetic declarations by the artists, saying that they are manifestations of the victory which God had sealed in the state.
“My boss and brother, you are victorious already, the good Lord has rolled away the stone. We shall continue to have this shared vision of putting Rivers state first.
“But, we can’t do it alone. We need all of you, big and small to be there for us, to chip-in the little or the much you can, and at the end of this our first tenure, you will see where God will take Rivers state to.
“I want to thank everybody. The artists moved. It wasn’t just them singing and dancing, I think there were spiritual ministrations that they have made, and they have also made prophetic declarations that we all said amen to,”she said.
The event featured soul-lifting praise and worship songs in appreciation of God’s goodness, mercy and blessings over the past one year of the present administration.
The dignitaries in attendance were the Gov.Siminalayi Fubara and his wife, Lady Valarie Fubara; the Deputy Governor, former Gov. Peter Odili; and his wife, Justice Mary Odili (rtd); Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi;
Mr Victor Oko-Jumbo speaker Assembly; Sen. John Mbata, state government officials, stakeholders, traditional rulers, gospel singers, among others.