The unemployment rate also rose slightly in Rivers under Nyesom Wike’s administration.
Nyesom Wike was elected the fourth governor of Rivers State in the Fourth Republic in April 2015 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and was re-elected for a second term in 2019.
The governor also promised to ensure prompt payment of workers’ salaries, entitlements, including a backlog of salary arrears owed by the previous administration. He said he had recorded “successes” in the state in his first term and assured that he would make more “meaningful progress” in his second term.
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