The EUI Events Center, known to attract socialites located on Abacha Road, GRA, Phase 3 has been closed down by the Rivers State Government.
The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Chris Finebone, said the closure of the events center was due to frequent blockade of traffic on that street.
Finebone told newsmen after the state executive council meeting which ended late on Wednesday evening at Government House, Port Harcourt. that the government had severally warned the management of the facility to manage the packing of its clients, but failed to heed the warnings hence the closure of the place.
According to the commissioner, “Government cannot fold its hands and watch people exercise impunity to the highest level by appropriating property governments built with taxpayers’ money just for their own personal use and comfort. Government must protect all.”
Finebone counterpart in The Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Austen Ben Chioma, said the development went contrary to promises the management had made to government that they would always ensure their traffic wardens control traffic properly so that other road users were not punished.
“But to the greatest surprise of the Rivers State government, today’s event was held there, there was no road for road users to pass and road users were complaining bitterly.
“I got the information and I went there myself and I saw that the road was totally blocked. I told the owner of the place that this cannot be tolerated. And she said that she has done her best and she cannot kill herself,” Chioma said.
Umoru Faruk Salifu
