Fubara submits cabinet list to Rivers Assembly 

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has submitted a list of commissioner nominees to the Rivers State House of Assembly for screening and approval, according to a source close to the governor.

Fubara dissolved the state executive council and all his special advisers in a development that most analysts believe to be part of the recent truce between him and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike by President Bola Tinubu.

And following from the dissolution, he submitted the list of commissioner nominees and special advisers to the state House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule on Friday, the source said.

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There are also indications that Fubara may appoint a new Chief of Staff as part of the latest reconciliation by President Tinubu.

As part of the reconciliation, the governor would soon commission the newly built House of Assembly Complex for the lawmakers to move out of their temporary quarters.

Since the latest fallout with his predecessor, Governor Fubara has been working with only eight commissioners due to a Supreme Court judgment that recognised the leadership of Amaewhule as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The source said the lawmakers are expected to begin the legislative business of screening and approving the nominees in the coming days.

It was gathered that the list of commissioner nominees will include names of the loyalists of both Fubara and Wike, which is expected to pave the way to lasting peace in the state.

The source said that of the eight commissioners that had been working with Fubara before the cabinet dissolution, only those who performed well would make the list.

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According to the source, “The governor has already sent the names of commissioner-nominees to the House of Assembly. It is now for the Speaker to invite them for screening. In the spirit of reconciliation, some names may come from the camp of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Commissioners who performed well may also be reappointed.

“The house complex undertaken by the governor will be commissioned soon, and lawmakers will move from their temporary quarters to the new facility”.

There has been no formal acknowledgement of the recent development by the House of Assembly or Fubara’s Chief Press Secretary, Onwuka Nzeshi.

But it is believed that such a list would be made public by the House of Assembly since the nominees would be invited for screening.

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