‘Take a bow and go’: Rivers Assembly to Commissioner-Nominees
As part of the eight-point peace plan that Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and Minister Nyesom Wike of the Federal Capital Territory signed, the parliament chaired by Rt Hon. Martin Amaewhule invited the commissioner-nominees for screening on Monday.
The nine commissioners who resigned were urged to “take a bow and go” by the Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday.
As part of the eight-point peace agenda that Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and Minister Nyesom Wike of the Federal Capital Territory signed after meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, the parliament led by Rt Hon. Martin Amaewhule invited the commissioner-nominees for screening on Monday.
The individuals nominated are: Mrs. Inime Chinwenwo-Agua, Dr. Jacobson Mbina, Dr. Gift Worlu, Zacchaeus Adangor, and Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke.
Professor Prince Chinedu Mmom, Dr. George-Kelly D. Alabo, Honorable Isaac Kamalu, and Engineer Austin Ben Chioma were among the others.
Speaker Siminalayi Fubara read a letter to the Legislative Quarters, off the PH/Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt, during plenary. In the letter, the governor asked for the commission nominees to be screened and confirmed.
The correspondence dated December 11, 2023 resolves any dispute regarding the governor’s purported request.
The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Major Jack, responded by moving a resolution stating that the nominees should bow out since there is no need to restart the screening procedure because they have already been vetted.
The deputy speaker, Rt Hon. Dumle Maol, backed the motion, thus the parliamentarians decided to let the commissioner-nominees “take a bow and go.”