NATIONAL VIBES

 The Rivers State Government says it has benefitted immensely from the Port Harcourt Holy Ghost Rally over the years. The State Chief Executive, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike made this assertion at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, in Port Harcourt on Sunday, 30th January 2022 during the Port Harcourt Holy Ghost Rally, organized by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Rivers Family. Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Ipalibo Harry Banigo with the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pst. Enoch Adeboye during the Holy Ghost Rally, Theme ‘’Great Prayers’’ at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on the 30th Jan. 2022. Represented by his Deputy, Dr. (Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo Governor Wike said Rivers State was privileged to have the Rally, which started in January 2016, adding that a few days after that rally there was a landmark judgement at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, that upheld the election of Governor Wike and his Administration. “This is because the

The Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Dr. (Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo says investing in our adolescent girls remains an utmost priority to her. Dr. Banigo made this assertion during a Three-Day Peer Education Training on Sexual Violence Concerns organized, by the Protect the Girl Child Initiative in the Office of the Deputy Governor, on Tuesday, 25th January 2022, at the Government House in Port Harcourt. Dr. Banigo said the Peer Education Training, and the setting up of the Protect the Girl Child initiative Clubs in Secondary Schools was necessitated by the fact that issues of sexual violence had become a real hot topic not only in Nigeria, but everywhere, stressing that people that are most hit are adolescent girls. “We felt there was a need for us to do a structured programme, where we can actually mentor them and create awareness, where they can talk about it amongst themselves, and the best way to do it is to set up Peer Clubs at the Secondary School level. We need to train educator

  Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo has expressed satisfaction with the quality and scope of the ongoing construction of Community Secondary School Obuama, in the Degema Local Government Area of the State. Dr. Banigo stated this during an unscheduled spot-check at the facility on Saturday, 22nd January 2022, at Obuama. Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Ipalibo Harry Banigo (Right), Inspecting the ongoing Construction of the Community Secondary School (CSS), Obuama Town in Degema LGA on the 22nd Jan. 2022. The Deputy Governor who described the Project as massive said, “The community is extremely happy about this project and they have asked me to really express their gratitude to His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, our Governor for undertaking this massive project in Obuama”. “It is a land mark project, very gigantic with so many staff quarters; in fact this is the flat for the Principal. I was just admiring the marble pavements, it is awesome and so man

Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo says the Sub National Ease of Doing Business Baseline Survey indicates that Rivers State is doing great in the Ease of Doing Business in the Country. Dr. Banigo stated this at the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa, on Thursday, 20th January 2022 shortly after her arrival from Abuja, where she represented the State Chief Executive, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the National Economic Council Meeting. Dr. Banigo disclosed that the factors, which determines this survey, includes infrastructure, security and health security. “With the ten flyovers the Governor is constructing in Rivers State and of course with all the other infrastructures in Health, in Education and the monumental improvement in security, as well as the clearing of the hideouts of criminals, obviously gave us a head way in doing very well in this baseline survey”. The Deputy Governor further stressed.  According to the Public Hea

Rivers State Deputy Governor, (Dr) Mrs. Ipalibo Harry Banigo has reiterated that vaccines are about the greatest advances in global healthcare and development. Dr. Banigo reiterated this while speaking at the 2022 First Quarterly Meeting of the Rivers State Task Force on Immunization and Primary Healthcare at the Government House, in Port Harcourt on Monday, 17th January 2022. According to the Public Health Physician, “Vaccinated children do not only do better at school but the economic benefits of it are like ripples that cuts across the communities and that is why vaccines are the most cost effect means of advancing global welfare”. Dr. Banigo, who doubles as the Chairman of the State Task Force, on Immunization and Primary Healthcare also said the Task Force sustains and implements effective immunization policies within the context of other Primary Healthcare Services, adding that these primary healthcare services reinforce one another. “It will not just be right thinking, if we onl

 ...As Constituency 2 wrestlers lock horns  in Toru Orua Young , well built and energetic, Harrison Isreal of Ofoni Community overpowered a line up of 31 young and vibrant wrestlers to emerge champion of Constituency 1 and take home the sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) cash prize at the annual edition of the Nanaye Dickson Wrestling Tournament. The tournament  flagged off from Toru Orua at an opening ceremony laced with exciting and inspiring music embedded in the rhythmic pattern of Ijaw drum beats , horns and sonorous songs to urge the combatants on. With strained sinews, grappling against each other, youths of SAGBAMA Constituency 1 in Bayelsa State clearly showed why Wrestling is touted as a sport ingenious to the Ijaw people. The second position went to Bekekala Ebimobowei from Bolou-Orua community and he got a prize money of Seventy Thousand Naira (N70, 000), while the third position went to Bekesuomowei Marine from Bulou-Orua community and he received a cash prize of