…as parties sign eight-point agreements
…gov to re-present budget to full Assembly
OSAS EMMANUEL
NIGERIA – Following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention, the recent political crisis in Rivers State has been resolved.
In the eight-point agreements signed at the end of the meeting convened in the instance of President Tinubu, the peace meeting directed Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the State Assembly.
This is as the Governor and his team were also instructed to withdraw all the matters instituted in the courts in respect of the political crisis.
According to the agreement titled “Directive for the resolution of the political impasse in Rivers State” and signed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Speaker, Rivers State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, PDP Chairman, Rivers State, Aaron Chukwuemeka, APC Chairman, Rivers State, Tony Okocha, also directed that all impeachment proceedings initiated against the Governor of Rivers State by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately.
“All matters instituted in the courts by the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, and his team, in respect of the political crisis in Rivers State, shall be withdrawn immediately.
“All impeachment proceedings initiated against the Governor of Rivers State by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately
“The leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly as led by the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule shall be recognized alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP.
“The remunerations and benefits of ALL members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and their staff must be reinstated immediately and the Governor of Rivers State shall henceforth not interfere with the full funding of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“The Rivers State House of Assembly shall choose where they want to sit and conduct their legislative business without interreference and/or hindrance from the executive arm of government
“The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly
“The names of ALL commissioners in the Rivers State Executive Council who resigned their appointments because of the political crisis in the state should be resubmitted to the House of Assembly for approval.
“There should NOT be a caretaker committee for the local governments in Rivers State. The dissolution of the Local Government administration is null and void and shall not be recognized.” The agreement reads
