Welcome to the Official Website for the Rivers State Government
Rivers State is one of Nigeria's 36 States and was created on May 27, 1967 by a Military Decree. The state is the heart of the hydrocarbon industry and is responsible for a huge chunk of the nation's foreign exchange earnings.
The status of Rivers State in terms of its strategic importance and significance to the nation's economy earned it the name, Treasure Base of the Nation. And Port Harcourt, the State capital, is known throughout Nigeria as the Garden City, because of its beautiful layout and topography.
His Excellency Rt. Hon Chubuike Amaechi, Governor of Rivers State is an Achiever per excellence, a former speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 - 2007, his humility and unrelenting focus is now known in Rivers State and across the nation to be legendary, a true Democrat, an impeccable character in our society, a committed Leader.
FRAUD ALERT: We wish to alert the general public that some fraudsters claiming to be the Governor of Rivers State and/or a close associate have recently been sending phony e-mails/letters or calling unsuspecting persons, with intent to defraud them. It is important to note that these fraudsters are criminals engaged in Advanced Fee Fraud known in Nigeria as 419.
Typically, the fraudsters solicit assistance to remit bogus dollar deposits, in the form of large inheritances from deceased persons, large contract sums due for payments or large lotto winnings, from the bank into foreign accounts of their victims who they usually promise to share the proceeds of the scam.
