Rivers State Government has renamed the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt as Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt in honour of the former Head of State who created the state in 1967.
The state government also renamed the Old Aba Road in Port Harcourt as Yakubu Gowon Road.
In a statement yesterday signed by the Special Assistant to the State Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, the state took the step to show appreciation to Gowon for creating the state.
The state Governor, Nyesom Wike, had 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 the state.
Wike had said it was not fair that there was no notable edifice in the state named after Gowon, and promised to immortalise the former head of state before leaves the state.
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