Rivers Crisis: Submit Fresh List Of Commissioner Nominees In 48 Hours, Rivers Assembly Tells Gov Fubara

THURSDAY March 6, 2025 |TheNewsDESK
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The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to submit a new list of commissioner nominees, DailyTrust reports.

This resolution was passed during the Assembly’s 131st legislative session on Wednesday, March 5, in Port Harcourt, according to a letter addressed to the state governor.

In the letter signed by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, the assembly expressed concerns over the Governor’s alleged repeated appointments to positions that, by law, require prior screening and confirmation by the legislative body.

The legislators stressed that such unauthorized actions not only undermined the law but also posed a serious threat to democracy in the state.

The statement said Fubara’s actions, including his decision to designate one Dagogo Iboroma for the post of attorney-general and commissioner for justice, without submitting his name for proper confirmation, constitute clear violations of the 1999 Constitution as amended, as well as other extant laws.

The House further decried the swearing-in of several appointees as commissioners and members of other statutory bodies over the past months, noting that these appointments were executed without the mandatory legislative oversight.

They considered the actions a breach of constitutional provisions governing such appointments.

The legislators also pointed out alleged irregularities in the constitution of the Rivers State Bureau on Public Procurement and the Rivers State Local Government Service Commission.

They noted that appointments to these bodies were made without the mandatory screening and confirmation by the Assembly, alleged contravening the Rivers State Public Procurement Law No. 4 of 2008 and the Rivers State Local Government Law No. 5 of 2018, respectively.

It’s , therefore, mandated Fubara to submit a list of nominees for the aforementioned positions within 48 hours.