…tasks organisations that received allocation of land from Rivers State Government to develop same within six months or risk losing C-of-O
By Simon Akwu
Port Harcourt (Precise Post) – The Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike, yesterday said that major companies operating in the state must contribute to its security fund because they benefitted from the state’s resources and infrastructure.
Wike, who spoke when the President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Hajiya Iya Aliyu, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Port Harcourt, noted that the state would write Dangote Plc to contribute as it had been doing in other states.
The governor also said that any organisation that received allocation of land from Rivers State Government must develop same within the space of six months or risk losing its Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O).
He said: “By January 2020, the state will launch a State Security Trust Fund as part of its move to strengthen security in the state to attract more investments.
He said: “We will hold a security summit and also launch a security trust fund. All the major companies operating in the state are under obligation to contribute.
“We are committed to improving security in order to attract more investments in the state. We are developing the right infrastructure for economic development.”
The governor added: “Dangote has not contributed anything to this state. I will write him to support the security trust fund.
“I cannot do roads and your trailers will take over our roads. If you go to G. U. Ake Road, you will see Dangote trailers all over the place.
“Zenith Bank, Access Bank and other major companies must contribute to Rivers State Security Trust Fund as they contributed to Lagos State. This is sufficient notice. As they contribute there, they must contribute here. If they don’t support Rivers State, we will not agree.”
He said Rivers State was the best place that anyone can invest, adding that the state would continue to improve security and infrastructure.
.The governor said no society can develop without the contributions of private sectors. “We need the private sector to drive the economy. Look at what is happening in the United States, over two hundred thousand jobs in one month through the private sector,” he said.
