The Waste Heaps In Port Deserve To Cleared

The state of emergency in Rivers State has since ended on September 17, 2025 and the Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, and members of the House of Assembly have since resumed duties. It is indeed a welcome development after six months of uncertainty under an emergency rule that had no regard for the views of the people.
However, one has come to notice that things have not started working well again in the state since the state of emergency ended more than ten days ago. The streets of Port Harcourt and indeed other local government headquarters are littered with dirt and refuse, an indication that the State Waste Management Agency is not working.
One had thought that the political stalemate that led the state of emergency had been resolved during the emergency rule period as attested to by the principal actors, the Governor and his godfather, Chief Nyesom Wike in their respective press interviews.
During the state of emergency, a new board and managing director were appointed for Rivers State Waste Management Agency, with the almighty Dr. Samuel Nwanosike as the MD. In his first outing he took active steps to bring the agency back to life. But since the restoration of democratic rule in the state, the waste management sector has gone silent. Even last Friday, the people of the state waited in vain to get announcements on whether the restored environmental sanitation day for the last Saturday of the month would still hold.
The state and indeed the people are waiting impatiently for the business of government to resume and the executive and the legislature should put their house together so that the dividends of democracy and good governance will begin to manifest.
Whoever is in charge, let them begin to clear the waste and dirt that is all over the state capital. The duty of governance goes beyond politics. In fact, politics itself is a means of providing platforms for dishing out good governance, social welfare and security. Politicians in governance must put aside their differences and serve the people.
– Mr. Frank Oluka, 25 Woji Road, Port Harcourt.