PORT HARCOURT (Sundiata Post) – The Rivers State Government has renamed the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt as the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt in honour of former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon.
The state government also renamed the Old Aba road in Port Harcourt as Yakubu Gowon Road.
In a statement on Sunday signed by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, the Rivers State Government said it renamed the stadium and the road to honour General Yakubu Gowon for creating Rivers State in 1967.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
It will be recalled that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Saturday during a meeting with Gowon and officials of Nigeria Prays declared that the state government would immortalise the former head of state for his role in the creation of Rivers State.