Rivers Crisis: I Have Instruments To ‘Shake Up The Table’ – Fubara
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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has ‘the instruments to shake up the table” in the ongoing crisis rocking the state.
He said this on Monday when he received a delegation of Ijaw leaders from Bayelsa led by former Governor Seriki Dickson.
Daily Trust had reported how the lawmakers overrode the governor and issued a fresh threat to him.
Addressing his guests at Government House, Port Harcourt, Fubara said, “Those group of men who claim that they are assembly members are not existing. I want it to be on record.
I accepted that peace accord to give them a floating (soft-landing). That’s the truth. There is nothing in that peace accord that is a constitutional issue. It is a political solution to a problem. I accepted it because these are people that were visiting me and we were together in my house.
Coastal highway: Your attack on Umahi baseless, Ohanaeze tells Peter Obi
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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and some others to seek “diplomatic and private engagement” with the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, over the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project.
This, the organisation noted, was better than public confrontations that may impede the progress of the project.
As contained in a statement on Sunday by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze said the criticisms do not serve the interests of the nation.
The statement read, “Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the revered apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, rises with unwavering clarity amidst the tumult of baseless scrutiny and undue criticism directed at the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project and the commendable work of Senator Dave Umahi, Minister of Works.
Rivers Assembly Issues Fresh Threat As It Overrides Fubara
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For the third time in three months, the Rivers State House of Assembly has overridden the assent of Governor Siminialayi Fubara.
In March, the assembly had ruled against Fubara to enact the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law.
It took same measure in April by passing the local government amendment bill into law despite the refusal of Fubara to give his assent.
On Monday, the lawmakers passed the Rivers State Public Procurement (Amendment)Bill, 2024 into Law and threatened to to take stringent measures against the governor “if he continues to flout the laws of the state”.
The house said it acted in consonance with the provisions of Section 100 (5)of the 1999 Constitution voted, and with a two-third majority votes passed the bill into law.
The lawmakers had passed the Rivers State Public Procurement (Amendment)Bill, 2024 on the 26th of March, 2024, and transmitted it to the governor for assent, which he declined.
Seyi Tinubu Has Right To Pursue Legitimate Business Interest, Presidency Replies Atiku
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The Presidency says Seyi Tinubu has a right to pursue his business interests in Nigeria and anywhere in the world within the limits of the law.
This is in response to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who in a statement, faulted the award of the contract for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road to Hitech Construction Company Ltd.
According to Atiku, the award of the contract to Hitech Construction Company Ltd constitutes a conflict of interest because Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, is a director on the board of CDK Integrated Industries, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group, which is also the parent company of Hitech.
However, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency accused Atiku of being hypocritical on many national issues.
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