The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has announced that May 3 will be a holiday throughout the state.
The holiday is being observed so that residents of the state can give a warm welcome to President-elect Bola Tinubu, who will be spending the next two days in the state to commission various projects.
Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 4 will be the days that Tinubu is present in the state.
When the President-Elect was campaigning for votes in the state prior to the most recent election, the Governor of the state made a promise to invite Tinubu to his state to commission projects. He kept his promise.
During a statewide broadcast on May 2, he stated that a formal invitation had been sent to the President-elect after the general elections, and that the President-elect had agreed to honor the invitation.
On the first day of the visit, the governor issued an order that required the closure of all stores and places of business along Rumuola to Rumuokwuta roads in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The order was in effect from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
He strongly encouraged all security agencies and labor unions to act in accordance with the order.
Additionally, he urged everyone in the state to congregate in large numbers in order to properly welcome the guest.
According to what has been reported, the holiday falls one day after the May 1 Workers’ Day holiday that was declared by the Federal Government.
Later on in the month, we will be celebrating two holidays that are very similar to one another: Children’s Day on May 27 and the President’s Inauguration Day on May 29.
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It has been reported that Tinubu will pay a visit to the state of Rivers for the first time in response to an invitation after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 1 declared him the winner of the presidential election that took place on February 25.
During his time in Port Harcourt, he will officially open both the ultra-modern Magistrates Court Complex as well as the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover.
Wike had extended invitations to political heavyweights such as President Muhammadu Buhari (who was represented by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami), the presidential candidate for the Labour Party in the most recent election, Peter Obi, the former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, and the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, amongst others, in order to commission various projects.
In October 2022, President Buhari presented Governor Wike with a national award for infrastructural development in Rivers State. Wike will step down from his position on May 29.
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