The political impasse in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria has received the second intervention of President Bola Tinubu and stakeholders including former Rivers Governor, Peter Odili and Traditional Rulers.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu resolves Political Impasse in Rivers State. <br><br>Resolutions are as follows <a href=”https://t.co/n87OQdMkVg”>pic.twitter.com/n87OQdMkVg</a></p>— Office of the SA on Social Media to PBAT🇳🇬 (@Dolusegun16) <a href=”https://twitter.com/Dolusegun16/status/1736840573481361450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>December 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
Resolutions reached at the closed-door meeting are as follow:
“1. 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State, Sir Fubara, and his team, in respect of the political crisis in Rivers State, shall be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY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 recognised alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP
- The remuneration 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 recognised.
Also at the closed-door meeting were Vice President Kashim Shettima and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
