Gov. Fubara, Remember The 10,000 Youths

I have watched the resolution of the political crisis that erupted between the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, and the FCT Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the seamless way that everything has taken place between them and their supporters. From every look of things, there is no longer any fear that the state will erupt in any other crisis that will disrupt governance again until May 29 next year when Governor Fubara will leave office.
But the governor should remember one thing. In October, 2023 he was set to direct that the letters of employment for 10,000 youths of Rivers State be sent out to them when the crisis that lasted for more than two years erupted.
After giving hope to the youths, all young graduates, who had been shortlisted and documented already, the governor in April 2024 cancelled the exercise not minding the pain of that decision to the 10,000 youths and their families that had deployed so much energy and resources into the processes leading up to the documentation. The reason the governor gave was the detection of many overage people in the final list.
But what was clear was that he cancelled that exercise because the process was started by the immediate past governor with whom he had fallen out. The hapless youths had become the victims of the power struggle between the Governor and his godfather.
If following the resolution of the crisis between the governor and his godfather, the governor has restored almost all appointments he withdrew including the recent restoration of Chief Sergeant Awuse as the Chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers, he can also do well to restore the appointment of the innocent 10,000 Rivers State youths, whose employment he stopped because of the crisis.
I also pray that he completes the process of employing 5,000 new teachers into the state’s teaching service. Let it not follow the unfortunate path that the employment of 10,000 young graduates took in 2024.
Please, we are part of the reconciliations. Let the governor remember the 10,000 young graduates, whose appointments he stopped, and recall them. What is sauce for the goose is also good for the gander.
– Oluka Amenya, Mubete, Aleto, Nchia Eleme .