By Seyi Odewale
The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has been nominated for distinguished award in infrastructure delivery by the Federal Government. The award will be held at the forthcoming Nigeria Excellence in Public Service Award.

In a letter addressed to Wike from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and signed on behalf of the SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, by the Permanent Secretary (General Services), Dr Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri, the award ceremony will hold on October 21, 2022, at the State House Conference Centre. The letter added that President Muhammadu Buhari would present the award to the Governor Wike.

Since assumption of office on May 29, 2015, Governor Wike has been widely acclaimed for his infrastructural revolution, which has seen him impacting in all facets of developments.

With giant strides in road construction and rehabilitation; construction of unprecedented 12 flyovers in the state, health care infrastructure; education, health, sports, agriculture, among others, Governor Wike has fondly been called Mr. Projects by many Nigerians.

APC tags Dogara, Lawal, others as ‘rebels’ impostors

He has also vowed not to rest on his oars until his last day in office. “The only way we can show gratitude to the people for the confidence reposed in us by the people is to continue to serve them with all our heart and might. I will continue to commission projects until the last day.

“We can’t stop. We were elected to serve the people. We will continue to offer quality services to our people. Even our worst critics will agree that we have delivered excellently on our campaign promises. By God’s grace we will finish strong and our incoming governor, Siminalayi Fubara will continue in our legacy of quality service to our people,” he said.