Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT)
and Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, have agreed to end the
political feud between them.
According to the resolutions reached at the end of a meeting
held with President Bola Tinubu at the State House of Monday, all parties to
the crisis in Rivers have agreed that all matters instituted in courts.
In the eight-point resolution signed by Fubara, Wike, and
other Rivers stakeholders, it was agreed that all impeachment proceedings
against the governor should be dropped “immediately”.
They also agreed that Martin Amaewhule should be recognised
as speaker while the 27 lawmakers who defected should be taken back as members
of the assembly.
“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 agreement reads.
“The Rivers state house of assembly shall choose where they
want to sit and conduct their legislative business without
interference and/or hindrance from the Executive arm of
government
“The governor of Rivers state, Sir Fubara, shall represent
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.”
THE RIFT
Over the past few weeks, there has been tension in Rivers over the feud between Fubara and Wike.
In the wake of the crisis, the Rivers house of assembly
commenced impeachment proceedings against the governor.
Fubara’s loyalists kicked against the impeachment moves.
Thereafter, 27 lawmakers defected from the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Subsequently, Edison Ehie, factional speaker of the Rivers
assembly, declared the seats of the lawmakers who defected vacant.
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