GOVERNOR WIKE HOSTS JOE BLANKSON’S FAMILY; OFFERS WIDOW IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT & OPENS ENDOWMENT FUND FOR CHILDREN

                                                                           


                                                                              

The Rivers State government has opened an education endowment fund for the children of late Joseph Blankson. Wike announced this while receiving the family of the late hero at Government House yesterday afternoon.

Governor Wike who condoled with the bereaved family also gave immediate employment to the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Mercy Blankson, a graduate of microbiology and advised her to put the money in a scheme that will best benefit the children and guarantee their future.

The governor further directed the Executive Chairman of Degema Local Government Council, Hon. Tony Philmoore, PhD, to collect Mercy Blankson's credentials  to perfect the employment offered to her by the government.

Governor Wike also donated to the burial of late Joseph Blankson.