While on an unscheduled inspection of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Tuesday, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, said the hosting of choice football matches by the Government will showcase to the world that the state is safe.
The Chief Executive said: “Rivers State is a sports city and I believe we will be able to host the Super Falcons and the Under 20 teams”.
Governor Wike promised that the state will before the 18th of July put things in order to host the matches, as Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical team has visited see the level of preparedness.
He said the state is excited to host such games since it has been long it did so and is ready to showcase its potentials as a sport loving destination in the country.
Wike, also expressed satisfaction with the level of work done on the Iloabuchi/Eagle Island road in Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Governor Wike who paid an unscheduled visit to the project site Tuesday explained that the state government has completed the payment for the project.
He observed that with the road rehabilitation exercise on course, that the administration will do all it can to keep to its pledge during inauguration on May 29th that the city will wear a new look.
“We came here to see whether the contractor is on site and we are happy with what we are seeing now we have also been to Ojoto and we saw that CCECC is working. We believe that they will keep to the date that at least in three months time they would have the given the people of the state the hope of a new Rivers State.”
