‘The Jungle Has Matured,’ Fubara Vows to Probe Governance of Rivers
A commission of inquiry into the state’s governance is to be established, according to an announcement made by State Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Governor Fubara said this on Monday, not long after the House of Assembly, led by Victor Oko and Jumbo, screened and approved Dagogo Iboroma to be the state’s attorney general.
He was quite explicit that the political situation is hopeless and that the state is in a terrible shape.
We are bringing you in at this extremely crucial moment for what reason? Your assignment is rather large. The local parlour claims that the forest is matured as it is now. We are going to appoint a commission of inquiry to look into the issues of governance, he said. As so, get ready. I won’t be turning around on it.”
The governor charged his opponents of purposefully undermining his administration even though he hoped for a peaceful solution to the state’s problem.
No matter how painful the decisions may seem, he promised to make them going ahead.
Governor Fubara also addressed remarks made by former Attorney General Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN) and Alabo George-Kelly, his Ministry of Works colleague.
He charged that the former Attorney General had filed a nolle prosequi against the state’s interests, therefore undermining his administration.
Regarding George-Kelly’s remark, Governor Fubara insisted that before retiring, he would have advanced in the public service above Level 14.
By 2023, he claimed, he will already be a Chief Account Officer at Level 13. He claims that he is here as governor by the grace of God, even if it was a mistake.
“By the particular grace of God, I am here today even if it is a mistake (his emergence as governor). Allow me to also make a plea to them; let them keep making mistakes, Fubara remarked.
The action is the most recent development in the political unrest raging in the state wealthy in oil. Fubara’s conflict with the state assembly.
Loyal legislators to the governor chose a new speaker last week. Citing safety concerns, Fubara also signed an executive order moving the sitting place of the Rivers State House of Assembly to the Government House.
The dispute sprang from the rift between Fubara and Nyesom Wike, the FCT’s current minister and predecessor. Even if President Bola Tinubu entered the crisis last year, it seems that the situation is far from resolved.