Gov. Fubara Dissolves Cabinet, Sacks Rivers’ Commissioners, Special Advisers
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara,
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dissolved the State Executive Council and relieved all commissioners and Special Advisers of their appointments.
The dissolution was announced in a Government Special Announcement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by the newly appointed Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Onwuka Nzeshi.
Fubara also appointed Nzeshi as his new CPS, while the former Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, was relieved of his duties. No official reason was provided for Chukwudi’s removal.
According to the statement, the governor directed all affected commissioners and Special Advisers to immediately hand over to the Permanent Secretaries or the most senior officers in their respective ministries.
“His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS, Governor of Rivers State, has dissolved the State Executive Council,” the statement read.
“His Excellency, the Governor, has therefore directed all Commissioners and Special Advisers to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries or the most Senior officers in their Ministries with immediate effect.
His Excellency further expresses his deepest appreciation to the outgoing members of the Executive Council, wishing them the best in their future endeavours.”
The development may not be unconnected to the recent peace deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja.
Tinubu has intervened multiple times in the prolonged political crisis in Rivers State involving Fubara, his estranged political ally Wike, and members of the State House of Assembly.
With the dissolution of the cabinet, the governor is expected to forward a fresh list of commissioner nominees to the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly for screening and confirmation.
Sources indicated that as part of the reported agreement, Fubara may accommodate some loyalists of the former governor in the new cabinet, while some of the recently sacked commissioners could also be reappointed.
