His Royal Majesty, Eze Chike Worlu Wodo has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers by Gov. Sim Fubara.
Governor Fubara made the appointment at a special meeting with members of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers at the Banquet Hall of Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday.
He said, “Since I assumed the position of the Governor of your dear State, apart from the session that I attended in your council, I have not had any meeting of this kind with the Royal Fathers.
“And I thought it wise that at this very time, especially because of all the wonderful things that God has been doing for us, that it is proper for me to have an interface with you.
“Our meeting is very simple. I want the council to live up to its responsibility. From my observation, the council is moribund. So, I can feel that the council, for a while now has been very inactive.
“Inactive because, maybe, the Chairman has decided not to be responsible as a Chairman. I think that is the best way to describe it.
“I am not talking about other things that has been happening. But I feel there are responsibilities of the Chairman and so far, I have not felt it and you can also attest to that, that you are not seeing that leadership that you expect.
“I would like to draw your attention to a special insult that was meted to this government. The council produced a calendar for the year of our Lord 2024 and the Governor’s picture, the Deputy Governor’s picture were not in the calendar.
“I want to ask you, does it show any sign that, that leadership is working with this government? I hope you have a copy of it. Does it show that this your Chairman is working with this government?
“So, I have decided today, we have to move forward. By the special grace of God, the administrative life span of the Chairman is one year which is renewable. But, at this particular time, I have to say that, with the power vested on me, the tenure of Chief Sergeant Awuse has been terminated.
“So, going forward, there is need to have a leadership that will accommodate everybody and move this council forward.
“I know a lot of you are very special and dear to me, but at this particular moment there are also some decisions that we need to take to reflect what we want everybody to be part of that we are doing.
“So, let me, before saying other things announce here that the new Chairman from this particular moment will be Eze Chike Worlu Wodo, Eze Oha Apara, Paramount Ruler of Apara Kingdom.
“He will be the Chairman, Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers and I believe strongly that he is going to do better and accommodate everyone.
