Ignore Reports Of The Appointment of Dr Nwanosike, Others – Rivers State Govt

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Rivers State Government on Saturday April 12, 2025, strongly warned  against the peddling of fake news in the State.

This is just as the authorities vehemently denied rumours of the appointment of a former Ikwerre Local Government Chairman, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, as the new helmsman of the River state Waste Management Agency .

The Source reports that the social media has in the last 24 hours been awash with reports of the appointment of  Nwanosike, a purported  cousin of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, as the new Sole Administrator of the state’s waste disposal agency .

Dr Nwanosike first  hit the lime light for the wrong reason ,when he disrespectfully tagged Governor Siminalayi Fubura as a ” mumu Governor ” last year at the heat of the political crisis in the state .

His rumoured appointment and those of other perceived loyalists of Wike has placed the State’s Sole Administrator on the spot with not a few questioning his motives and impartiality in the face of the disagreement between Governor Fubara and his erstwhile godfather .

But in a statement late on Saturday from Juliana Masi, the spokesperson for the SSG ,the State Government categorically refuted claims of Nwanosike’s appointment ,as well as the reported approval of the employment of about 10,000 persons by the State Civil Service Commission.

The SSG described all the reports as not only fake ,but misleading,noting that the purveyors are only out to create chaos and anarchy in the state .

“We wish to categorically inform the good people of Rivers State and the general public to ignore the fake announcements

Be informed that all official communications from the office of the Administrator of Rivers state have appropriate channels through which they are circulated. Pay attention to such channels.

The Government remains steadfast in its pursuit of a  peaceful, prosperous ,and united Rivers State”,part of the Government statement reads.