Rivers House Of Assembly Elects New Speaker Who Supports Governor Fubara [Video]

Lawmakers aligned with Governor Siminalayi Fubara have chosen Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo as the new Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

Rivers House of Assembly Elects New Speaker Who Supports Governor Fubara [Video]

Jumbo has shown readiness to collaborate with Governor Fubara and has instructed the Assembly’s Clerk to inform the executive about the new leadership of the assembly.

Fubara, however, has declined to acknowledge the state House of Assembly under Hon. Martin Amaewhule’s leadership. This comes after lawmakers loyal to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, switched from the PDP to the APC. Fubara stated that the Amaewhule-led Assembly is no longer legally recognized.

Fubara had stated, “Let me say it here, those group of men who claim that they are assembly members, they are not existing. I want it to be on record.

“I accepted that peace accord to give them a soft-landing. That’s the truth. There is nothing in that peace accord that is a constitutional issue. It is a political solution to a problem. I accepted it because these are people that were visiting me and we were together in my house.

“These are people that I have helped… in many ways when I wasn’t even a governor. Yes, we might have our disagreements, but I believe that one day, we could also come together. That was the reason I did it.

But I think it has gotten to a time when I need to make a statement on this thing, so that they understand that they are not existing. Their existence and whatever they have been doing is because I allowed them to do so. If I don’t recognise them, they are nowhere, that is the truth.”