Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has directed the Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Mr Oji Ngofa to demolish the Trailer Park at the Onne Junction as a measure to ease the security challenges in the area.

Governor Amaechi gave the directive today during a Town Hall Meeting with the people of Eleme at the Council’s Headquarters, Ogale.

The Governor said the Trailer Park has to be demolished because it harbours all manner of criminals, who used the area as their hideouts and further explained that “the criminal activities going on in the area far outweigh the economic gains which the place provides”.

The State Chief Executive also announced that the state government would complete the abandoned Eleme New Town Housing Estate, which also served as a safe haven for criminals.

Governor Amaechi, who commended the Chairman of Eleme Local Government Council for his impressive performance, urged the people to appreciate public office holders, who used public funds for development purposes because “it is not all those who seek public office that go there to perform”.

Answering questions during the interactive session, the Governor said Government would begin to look at the impact of its policies on the neighbouring communities and directed the Commissioner for Works to include drainage in the construction of the Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo Junction road project.

The governor also authorized the council chairman to set up a Transitional Youth Council that would lead to the constitution of a democratically elected Youth Council in the area and appealed to the members of PDP in the area to work together in order to achieve success in the forthcoming elections.

Earlier, the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr Magnus Abe, said the purpose of the Town Hall Meeting was to enable the people interact with the governor as he gives account of his stewardship in Eleme Local Government and to allow them make inputs to the governance of the state.

In his welcome address, the Chairman of Eleme Local Government Area, Mr Oji Ngofa, said the people of the area were happy with the leadership style of Governor Amaechi, which is anchored on transparency, accountability and honest pursuit of people-oriented projects that have direct bearing on lives of the citizens.

Mr Ngofa used the occasion to call on the state government to intervene in the security challenges at the Trailer Park at Onne Junction, AP settlement at the Port Harcourt Refinery and Eleme New Town Housing Estate to check the menace of criminal activities as the areas provide hideouts for men of the underworld.

The Town Hall meeting was preceded by a courtesy call on the Oneh-Eh Eleme X, Emere Samuel Ejire by the governor and his entourage at his palace at Agbonchia.