Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has appointed Felix Obuah, the state chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as the sole administrator of the Rivers State Waste Management Authority.
 
This news of the appointment which takes immediate effect was contained in a statement issued by Opunabo Inko Tariah. He said the appointment was made after the Governor  paid an unscheduled visit to the office of the Authority along Ikwerre road.

During the visit Wike expressed disgust over the abysmal performance of the waste management Authority and therefore gave the new sole administrator a 72 hour ultimatum to ensure that the refuse heaps on all major roads in the state capital were cleared with immediate effect.

Port Harcourt the state capital once reputed to be a Garden City had in the past few months  turned into a garbage city due to the refusal of refuse contractors to clear the refuse because government was owing four months of Claims.

Wike had a meeting with the refuse contractors in Government House yesterday over the poor state of sanitation in the state capital.He was told that the sanitation authority was owing them N1.8 Billion.

Obuah has been described as the best chairman by Wike during the campaign time before the April 11 governorship election.

Also on Wednesday, the just inaugurated House of Assembly cleared names of some people nominated for commissionership.

Some of those screened by the Assembly include, Emma Okah, a Lawyer, former Chief Press Secretary to Ex-Governor Dr Peter Odili and was also a former Commissioner of Information under the short tenure of Sir Celestine Omehia and Emma Aguma ,the State PDP lawyer,Fred Kpakol former Chairman Gokana local Government among others.