Fubara may submit commissioners list following Aso Villa talks
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara may likely forward the list of commissioners to the House of Assembly this week for lawmakers’ consideration and approval, it was learnt yesterday. The presentation
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara may likely forward the list of commissioners to the House of Assembly this week for lawmakers’ consideration and approval, it was learnt yesterday.
The presentation of the list formed part of the fresh truce brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu between the embattled governor and his estranged political god-father Nyesom Wike.
A source told The Nation that the President hosted the governor, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Speaker and some Rivers elders at the Presidential Villa on Sunday night
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The meeting was parts of efforts by the president to find a solution to the lingering political crisis that had paralysed governance in the state.
At the meeting, Fubara was said to have been given three options to meet to survive the impeachment scare from the House of Assembly, a source said.
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Our source said the governor was mandated to implement the agreements brokered by President Tinubu after the post-emergency rule.
Fubara was said to have followed Wike to his Guzape, Abuja home after the Villa meeting where he reportedly apologized.
The source said: “The President minced no words in telling the governor the truth. He wasn’t happy with the way Fubara had carried on.”
He also cautioned against the removal of Fubara from office.
