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| Sim Fubara. |
Globally, the will to maintain continuity, direction, and positive impact has proved to be the bedrock of developed nations.
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similar model and pathway are about to be replicated in Rivers state, where
Siminalayi Fubara, the PDP's governorship candidate, is about to receive the
leadership mantle from his principal, Nyesom Wike, the executive governor of
Rivers state who has had a positive impact on the former’s career and also
shaped his future political pathway.
Wike has overseen and been directly involved in the development
of many projects in the state, and Fubara has been at his side, not only as his
financial administrator but also as a subconscious political student grasping
principles that made Wike into the grounded political colossus that he is today.
Fubara has been able to observe Wike's strategies and the
effects of his projects first-hand and has been able to learn from his
successes and shortcomings. This has enabled him to gain
a deep understanding of political principles and the dynamics of the
political landscape in the state.
As such, in the coming weeks, Fubara will become a beneficiary
of Wike’s political goodwill in Rivers state.
With his experience as a former Accountant –General of Rivers
state, he is well on a high pedestal to continue the good works already visible
in Rivers state.
A peep into his family and educational background gives insight
into the persona that Fubara exudes.
Fubara, born in Opobo Town in Opobo/Nkoro local government area
of Rivers State on 28th January 1975, is an accountant and a technocrat who
rose to serve as the Accountant General of Rivers State.
SIM enjoyed a long, meritorious career in the state civil
service, gradually rising through the ranks until he was appointed the
Accountant General of the state in 2020.
His service career which spanned a total of 18 years began in
2003 when he was appointed as a classroom teacher by the Rivers State
Post-Primary Schools Board, and posted to the Comprehensive High School,
Alesa-Eleme.
He taught there for five years and transferred his service in
2007 from the Board to the Ministry of Finance with the rank of Senior
Accountant.
He was Senior Accountant before being promoted as Principal
Accountant. He was later promoted as Chief Accountant, Assistant Director,
Deputy Director and Director. He became Permanent Secretary, then rose to the
pinnacle of his career as Accountant General.
SIM has a Master of Science Degree in Finance and a Master of
Business Administration, both from the University of Port Harcourt Business
School. He also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from the Enugu State
University of Science and Technology.
He has a degree in Business Education with a specialization in
Accountancy from the former Rivers State University of Science and Technology
(now Rivers State University).
He attended Comprehensive Secondary School, Opobo, obtaining the
West African School Certificate in 1992, and Opobo Primary School where he
obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1986.
His professional qualifications/affiliations include Fellow of
the Nigeria Institute of Management (FNIM), a Fellow of the Association of
National Accountants of Nigeria (FCNA) and a Fellow, of the Chartered Institute
of Taxation of Nigeria (FCTI).
In addition to the aforementioned, he has attended several
professional conferences, seminars, workshops and training programmes. These
include Federal Government of Nigeria National Training Workshops on Public
Finance Management at the Federal Treasury Academy, Orozo, Abuja; Rivers State
Ministry of Finance Training Program on International Public Sector Accounting
Standards and Financial Euromoney Training; and Rivers State
Government/Transglobal Business Solution Limited Training Workshop on
Development and Performance Measurement in Rivers State Public Finance Sector.
All these achievements put him in a vantage position to achieve
the mega city status Rivers state is already being built into courtesy of Mr
Project, Nyesom Wike who has been working tirelessly to ensure that the state
becomes a force to reckon with at home and abroad.
For Sim, carrying on with the legacies and achievements of
Nyesom Wike will be his utmost priority.
According to the PDP Gubernatorial candidate, his number one
plan would be to establish industrial hubs in each of the three senatorial
zones of the State when he becomes Governor, saying that his administration
would also give a premium to human capital development.
Continuing, Sim Fubara says he would sustain the peace and
security in Ogoniland and focus mainly on creating more jobs for the teeming
youths of the state.
The Opobo-born politician has promised to harness human and
capital resources to serve the people of Rivers state.
With the benefits of hindsight let’s take a look at a few of Mr.
Project’s achievements and the continuity and legacies that will be followed by
his prospective successor, Sim Fubara of the PDP.
Rivers people are aware of the achievements of the incumbent
governor over the construction of over 500 roads, the repositioning of the
health sector through the building of more health centers at the grassroots,
and a free health policy for children below 18 years and adults above 65 years
of age and all these are what SIM has vowed to continue.
In addition, 5,000 youths are now being recruited into the
Rivers state civil service towards reducing youth unemployment, in sports, the
Real Madrid Football Academy has been established to combine education and
football towards addressing youth development and grooming of future stars.
In the health sector, there is now a Mother/Child Hospital to
address antenatal and pediatric health issues while a Cancer/Cardiovascular
Disease Centre is about to be established in Rivers state.
The last six years of Governor Wike’s administration have flown
by with astonishing speed, but one enduring constant in the passing years has
been his bold, firm, courageous, determined, and unwavering commitment to
selfless and patriotic service and all these will be followed suit my SIM.
The roadmap to kick-start the reconstruction and rehabilitation
of Rivers State had been laid down in the inauguration address on May 29, 2015,
and in a similar fashion has been handed over to SIM Fubara as a template to
work on.
In protecting and defending the interest and welfare of Rivers
people, Governor Wike became a legendary example for his fearless commitment to
always stand on the side of the people as their champion, and his humane and
benevolent spirit, especially for Rivers people has been unparalleled in the
last eight years, hence his resolve to anoint a man who shares same beliefs and
ideologies that will continue to put the state among the best in the country if
not the best with aim of improving the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of
the state that will eventually rub off in terms of physical developments and
benefits to the people of Rivers state both home and in the diaspora.
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