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Rivers Assembly begins screening of nine Fubara commissioner-nominees

The Rivers State House of Assembly has confirmed receipt of the list of commissioner-nominees from Governor Siminalayi Fubara and invited nine of the nominees for screening and confirmation.

The submission of the list by the governor comes about three weeks after he sacked eight commissioners who were not affected by the Supreme Court judgment recognising Martin Amaewhule as the authentic Speaker of the Assembly.

Fubara also dismissed all his special advisers.

The list of the nine commissioners is believed to be the first batch, with more names expected in the cabinet.

The invitation of the nine commissioner-nominees was contained in a government special announcement dated March 3, signed by the Clerk of the House, Dr Emeka Amadi.

The statement read: “The Rivers State House of Assembly hereby invites nominees for appointment as commissioners and members of the Rivers State Executive Council to submit forty (40) sets of their Curriculum vitae, photocopies of credentials and evidence of compliance with tax obligations.

“The nominees are: Professor Datonye Alasia, Mr Tonye Bellgam, Professor Temple Nwofor, Dr Peters Nwagor, Mrs Charity Deemua, Tamuno Williams, Mr Lekue Kenneth, Otonye Amachree and Amairigha Edward Hart.

“All documents should be forwarded to the office of the Clerk of the House at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters.”

The Assembly has, however, not specified when the nine nominees will be screened.

Efforts to reach the Chairman, House Committee on Information and Complaints, Enemi George, on the date for the screening were unsuccessful, as calls, texts, and WhatsApp messages went unanswered as of Tuesday evening.

Our correspondent reports that none of the sacked commissioners was included in the latest list.

Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, are believed to have resolved their differences after President Bola Tinubu intervened for the third time.

Tinubu also halted impeachment proceedings against the governor and his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, initiated by 27 lawmakers loyal to the FCT Minister.

The Speaker, Amaewhule, had earlier announced that the House had withdrawn the impeachment proceedings in compliance with the President’s directive.

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I wont blame Fubara because he has his ambitions.

That said, at the end of the day, Tinubu will win his reelection come 2027. I must confess he is a better President compared to Buhari.

My only concern with Tinubus presidenvy is that we are making more money but the people especially federal staff are still suffering and contractor payments are being witheld.

One term governor Fubara

Wike nominees rather

Wike is a terror

Impeachment threat gone.

They just dey mess with the heads of their followers.

Iran2025:
One term governor Fubara

He doesn't deserve the one term. He was supposed to have been impeached and allow to go back to where he comes from wherever he came from.
Rivers deserve better than this simp..

Now it seems everybody is ready to settle down for governance, after wasting 3 years out of 4. Do they deserve reelection next year (both Fubara and the lawmakers)? I will say NO

As it stands now on wikes mandate I stand

Wike plays the game of loyalty wella, wash my hand I wash your hand

Let peace reign , we’ve had enough please

This Governor Fubara is very weak. He should have taken inspiration from former Anambra governor Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano who overpowered Peter Obi to get a resounding second tenure in office.

Let peace reign,the nominees are drawn mainly from the academic community, this will leave a vacuum in the academic space where they left and some are old.You need young ones to drive this institutions like Dr Ada Oreh.Not retired NNPCL manager.Although they are Wike's nominee like Charity who initiated one million match for Wike in Ogoni land so is pay back time. Let peace reign.

AsomughaChuks02:
This Governor Fubara is very weak. He should have taken inspiration from former Anambra governor Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano who overpowered Peter Obi to get a resounding second tenure in office.

What kind of analogy do you people thinklessly give? What's Peter Obi's position and federal might then, compared with the power Wike is wielding today?
Was the fight the same in formation and strategy?
Who's Obiano that was brought from nowhere to be governor compared to Fubara that has worked with Wike for several years when he was governor, knowing top level secrets and arithmetics before ascending the throne

AsomughaChuks02:
This Governor Fubara is very weak. He should have taken inspiration from former Anambra governor Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano who overpowered Peter Obi to get a resounding second tenure in office.

People like you know nothing about politics

forty (40) sets of their Curriculum vitae, photocopies of credentials and evidence of compliance with tax obligations.

Na for ancient days we still dey? Analog till date? Nigeria has a very long way to go.

AsomughaChuks02:
This Governor Fubara is very weak. He should have taken inspiration from former Anambra governor Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano who overpowered Peter Obi to get a resounding second tenure in office.

what would you have done differently when HoA is fighting u, federal pressure is on u and federal judges have been compromised with flats and houses.

Fubara is the most strategic to have survived this long, not even Wike would have survived it