Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has inaugurated five new commissioners recently screened and confirmed by the state House of Assembly.
The people sworn in by the governor at the Executive Chamber of Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday, October 27, were Dr. Gift Worlu, Commissioner for Housing; Austin Ben Chioma, Commissioner for Environment and Prince Isaac Umejuru, Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development.
Others were Mr. Joseph Johnson, Commissioner for Information & Communication, and Mr. Victor Kii, Commissioner for Agriculture.
The governor in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Boniface Onyedi charged the commissioners to cultivate a culture of teamwork by mobilising workers in their ministries to ensure higher productivity.
Fubara said he was in need of competent people to deliver on his campaign promises and to create a greater Rivers.
The governor said: “We have in our midst today very capable people, who are going to add value to our system. Some of you might have been nominated by your local government after deliberations but here, you are not representing your local governments, you are working for the State.
“The task is to deliver for the State. Your loyalty is to the State because if you don’t do that when you leave, whether you like it or not, the records will be there to show what you did while you served as a commissioner.
“So, I charge you to leave your local issues and focus on promoting the interest of our State. That is the only way the theme that we all agreed on, consolidation and continuity, can be felt in our State.
Fubara advised them against acting as sole administrators in their ministries and encouraged them to embrace teamwork.
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