Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has raised the number of Special Assistants on Political Unit Affairs from 100,000 to 200,000.
On Friday, November 4, Wike announced the increase while inaugurating the second and last group of the first 100,000 assistants from the Rivers East Senatorial District.
On Thursday, November 3, the Governor swore in the first batch of around 45,000 assistants from the Rivers South-East and Rivers West Senatorial Districts.
The Special Assistants’ role is to provide the state government with honest input from the grassroots.
They are to transmit the people’s views toward the Wike government via the 319 Ward Liaison Officers, who will then report to the 32 State Constituency Liaison Officers for transmission to the Governor’s office.
This week, 319 Wards Liaison Officers and 32 State Constituency Liaison Officers were sworn in.
