As part of the implementation of the eight-point resolution reached at a peace meeting brokered between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers and his predecessor and the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike to resolve the political crisis rocking State, the House of Assembly on Wednesday, in its screening for the Commissioner nominees sent by Governor Fubara asked the nine nominees to take a bow and go.
The Informant247 gathered that the nine nominees are loyalists of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike.
The State House of Assembly, in a letter of invitation signed by the Clerk, Dr Emeka Amadi, directed key Wike loyalists who had earlier rendered their resignation to appear before it for screening.
Those invited for the screening were Zacchaeus Adangor, Dr. Jacobson Mbina , Dr Gift Worlu, Mrs Inime Chinwenwo-Aguma, Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke, Prof. Prince Chinedu Mmo, Dr. George-Kelly D. Alabo, Hon. Isaac Kamalu and Engr. Austin Ben Chioma.
The Speaker of the House, Martins Amaehwule, however, during plenary at the hallowed chamber in the Legislative Quarters, Off PH/Aba Expressway, Port Harcourt, read the letter from Governor Siminalayi Fubara, requesting their screening and confirmation.
The Majority Leader, Hon Major Jack, moved a motion that because the nominees had been screened before, there was no need to repeat the process, and as such, they should take a bow and go.
The motion was supported by the deputy speaker, Rt Hon Dumle Maol; hence, they were asked to ‘bow and go.’
Back story:
The Informant247 reports that in a bid to put an end to the political crisis in Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday, December 18, signed an agreement with his immediate predecessor, Nyesom Wike, to allow peace to reign in the State.
The Informant247 gathered that the agreement was reached after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other stakeholders met with the two warring factions
It was learned that a document emerging from the meeting directed that all impeachment proceedings initiated against Fubara by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately, adding that all matters instituted in the courts by Fubara and his team, in respect of the political crisis in the state “shall be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY”.
Other directives, according to the document, read, “The leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly as led by the Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule shall be recognized alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP.
“The remunerations and benefits of ALL members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and their staff must be reinstated immediately, and the Governor of Rivers State shall henceforth not interfere with the full funding of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“The Rivers State House of Assembly shall choose where they want to sit and conduct their legislative business without interference and/or hindrance from the Executive arm of government.
“The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly.
“The names of ALL commissioners in the Rivers State Executive Council who resigned their appointments because of the political crisis in the state should be resubmitted to the House of Assembly for approval.
“There should not be a caretaker committee for the local governments in Rivers State. The dissolution of the Local Government administration is null and void and shall not be recognized.”
The Informant247 had earlier reported that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had a closed-door meeting with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and other stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
It was gathered that the meeting is coming after a strained relationship between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, which came to a head on December 11, when 27 out of 32 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to Wike defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Their seats were consequently declared vacant.
