Rivers: Fubara Not Seen In Public, Assembly Resolves To Probe Ibas

Rivers State House of Assembly reconvened yesterday with a vow to probe the fund and expenditures of the erstwhile sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibik-Ete Ibas (Rtd), arsenic the State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara’s whereabouts are chartless 24 hours aft President Bola Tinubu lifted the authorities of exigency declaration.

Earlier successful the day, thousands of supporters of the politician had thronged the main entranceway of the Rivers State Government House, hoping to spot Fubara instrumentality to resume bureau aft a six-month suspension by President Bola Tinubu.

However, they were disappointed that Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, failed to be the gathering to code the crowd.

Efforts by LEADERSHIP to talk with the governor’s apical aides, including his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Joe Johnson, and his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, failed arsenic nary of them responded to calls and substance messages.

However, aft six months of suspension, the Rivers State House of Assembly reconvened yesterday successful Port Harcourt. The lawmakers stressed the request to ascertain the funds received and spent by the outgoing Military Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd).

The legislature reconvened aft the expiration of the six-month exigency regularisation that President Bola Tinubu had imposed connected the legislative and the enforcement branches of authorities pursuing governmental struggle betwixt Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged governmental mentor, Nyesom Wike, the curate of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The legislators said the solution is important due to the fact that the 10th Assembly did not lend to the fund prepared by the National Assembly.

They besides resolved to outline the legislative docket for the remaining 2 years, promising to enactment with Governor Fubara and abide by the result of the bid parley brokered by President Tinubu.

The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, said this successful the solution taken aft a dependable ballot by astir 26 members, excluding Deputy Speaker Dumle Maol, who was absent.

They besides resolved to telephone connected the politician to make an Appropriation Law for the remainder of the twelvemonth to code existent realities.

Other resolutions see commending Tinubu for restoring antiauthoritarian institutions successful Rivers State and demanding that Fubara guardant the names of commissioner-nominees for the State Executive Council.

“We ne'er saw the fund by the National Assembly, but we lone work it successful the newspapers. We don’t cognize what is contained. No subordinate of the House is against the motions, but determination is simply a request to ascertain what came into Rivers State and the expenditure by the administrator”, the Speaker said.
LEADERSHIP Friday gathered that the question to acceptable the legislative docket for the remaining portion of the 3rd league of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly was sponsored by 9 House members but work by the House leader, Hon Major Jack.

Part of the question reads, “Pursuant to the foregoing, we privation to commune this august House to: commend the president and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for restoring antiauthoritarian institutions successful the state; state that the House would proceed to abide by each the presumption of the bid parley and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria successful the involvement of bid and bully governance of Rivers State.

“Ascertain what transpired successful the past six months regarding awards, contracts, and expenditures from the state’s consolidated gross fund.”

The Speaker commended the motion’s sponsors, saying the exigency regularisation thwarted the House’s legislative business.

He said, “But we convey God that we’re back.

“There’s a request to abide by the presumption of the bid parley. I listened to you all, and nary subordinate is against the prayers, particularly connected commendation for the president, forwarding commissioner-nominees by the governor, reviewing what transpired successful the past six months, and reviewing what happened to the budget.

“If the State needs to determination forward, the contented of the fund and others should beryllium taken into consideration,” Amaewhule said.

Atiku, Tambuwal ‘consistent betrayers’ –Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that erstwhile Sokoto authorities Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar are accordant betrayers.

Wike besides rebuked erstwhile Tambuwal implicit erstwhile comments.

Wike spoke connected Thursday during an quality connected Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.
“What bash you mean by enactment and friendship? You cannot speech astir enactment and disregard the person,” Wike said.

He accused Tambuwal and Atiku Abubakar o...