Rivers State governor stated that his administration will embark on aggressive rural electrification

  

    Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that his administration will embark on aggressive rural electrification as part of the state’s golden jubilee celebration.

   Speaking during the presentation of transformers donated to communities of Rivers East senatorial district by their Senator, Chief George Sekibo, Governor Wike said that his administration was embarking on rural electrification in a bid to revive rural economies.

   Represented by his Chief of Staff, Chukwuemeka Woke, the governor said that the rural electrification scheme will empower small and medium sized businesses in rural areas and also create jobs for unemployed youths.

    In his remark, the senator representing Rivers East senatorial district,  Senator Sekibo said that the distribution of transformers to benefiting communities was aimed at supporting the rural electrification scheme of the Wike administration.