Rivers State House of Assembly has resolved to honour three illustrious daughters of the state, who have, in their various endeavours, put the state on a global stage.

The lawmakers made the resolution at the resumption plenary, saying they are impressed with the exploits and sterling conducts of Rena Wakama, Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah and Kekwaru Ngozi Mary.

Rena Wakama is the Head Coach of D’Tigress (Nigeria’s female basketball team) that just won the 2023 edition of the Afro Basketball Championship in Kigali, Rwanda, in which Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah was a player.

While the former is an indigene of Okrika, the latter is Kalabari. On her part, Kekwaru Ngozi Mary, was the lady that courageously and steadfastly returned the sum of $70,000 misplaced by a customer at Eko Hotel and Suite where she works. Kekwaru is an indigene of Rundele in Emohua Council of the state.

This follows a motion presented on the floor of the House by the Deputy Leader, Linda Somiari-Stewart, a member representing Okrika Constituency, urging the House to honour the three patriotic Rivers indigenes.

Somiari-Stewart, in her presentation, said that the exploits and sterling conducts of Wakama, Kunaiyi-Akpanah and Kekwaru, the three Rivers women, through acts of self-discipline, selflessness, uprightness and public-spiritedness, have put the state on the global map.

She argued that apart from representation, law making and oversight, one of the responsibilities of a parliamentarian is to bring to the front burner issues of national interests that have the propensity to promote development and the corporate image of the state.

The leader of the House, Edison Ehie, who led the debate, said the trio had made the state proud and deserves commendation.

Ehie added that debating this on the floors of parliaments has the potential of resonating beyond the shores of the country, thereby opening the floodgate of interests in diverse strands of thoughts, persuasions, creeds and nationalities.