Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike handed over 32 Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to members of the Rivers state House of Assembly over the weekend.
Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi Ibani made the news available to IgbereTV.
He said, “the governor handed to us the keys of official cars that belong to members of the State Assembly. This is how it should be and we are very grateful to him for providing such leadership and ensuring that members welfare are always given priority.
“Members shall continue to give meaningful contribution in their service and their productivity will be higher. On behalf of the Rivers State House of Assembly, we have sent our Christmas wishes before now and it is our wish that God will grant him the enablement to continue to do what is right for the people.”
Also the Deputy Speaker, Ehie Edison commended the governor for the gesture. He said the governor has assigned the 32 members of the House with official brand new Sports Utility Vehicles.
He said: “We are most grateful and astonished and this gift is to aid our work. It will ensure that we can carry out our responsibilities as lawmakers. We assure him that we will continue to maintain this relationship and will not let the governor, Rivers government and people down.”