By Muyiwa Daropale

Rivers State Governor,  Rotimi Amaechi has been invited to speak at a Special High Level Panel on Security and Human Rights Challenges in the Niger Delta Region at the United Kingdom House of Commons on the 28th of November.

The Panel is expected to review the current security challenges in the Niger Delta region, especially in the light of heightened losses of revenue through oil theft.

In a note circulated to the media by Senior Parliamentary Advisor at the House of Commons, Mr. Martin Brown,  Governor Amaechi’s efforts to improve services and build better infrastructure in his home state Rivers through overhauling the education sector and health care, were acknowledged.

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Speaking about the development, the Chief of Staff to Rivers State Governor, Tony Okocha confirmed the invitation which he described as an eloquent acknowledgment of Governor Amaechi’s untiring efforts as an exemplary patriot and statesman committed to reforms.

This UK event will be his first international appearance after he and 4 other governors defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All  Progressives Congress (APC).