On Friday, October 21, 2022, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, was conferred with the “Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery” by
There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever, that Governor Wike met and satisfied all the criteria stipulated for the recognition, nomination and conferment of this prestigious national award on him by the President.
That the Rivers State Governor has been meritoriously recognized for this distinguished award did not come as a surprise to many Nigerians, most of whom even opine that the award was overdue and Governor Wike ought to have received it before this time. Their reason is not far fetched. The 12 flyovers , criss-crossing the ambience of Port Harcourt and environs, the massive, state-of-the-art Justice Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School complex, Dr. Peter Odili Cancer and Cardiovascular Diagnosis Treatment Center, the impressive Mother and Child Hospital, the iconic Real Madrid football academy.
Governor Wike has done all these, despite the comatose state of socio-economic and infrastructural decay he inherited from his predecessor and the massive dislocation and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which ravaged the entire country.
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