By Adesina Soyooye
A couple of days after Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, reached a peace agreement with his estranged political godfather, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, the Governor, on Wednesday, dissolved his Cabinet.
President Bola Tinubu had, on Sunday, at a meeting with Fubara, Wike and a few other stakeholders, including the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, made peace between the feuding Fubara and Wike.
Even though details of the meeting are not still public, Wike, in his characteristic manner, said that he believes that the Governor would stick to the position of the President. He also said he had told Members of the House of Assembly to work with Fubara. That is the second time the President intervened in the crisis which brought the State to its knees.
One of the very obvious fallouts is that the impeachment of Governor Fubara and his Deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, has come to nought. The House of Assembly had, about a month ago, embarked on a process to impeach the two which got entangled in legal disputes.
There was, also, the speculation that Fubara should be able to present the names of his Commissioner- nominees to the State Assembly, something he has not been able to do since the crisis began in 2023, and since his first set of Commissioners were cleared for him before the crisis.
Fubara confirmed the speculation when he dissolved his Cabinet in anticipation of the quick clearance of the new names he would present to the State Assembly.
The Governor, also, in fresh appointments, elevated five senior civil servants to the rank of Permanent Secretaries.
A Government statement named the new Permanent Secretaries as:
- Dr Wachukwu Vincent Worgu.
- Eke Cordelia Uwuma.
- Ogboma Ifeanyi Anthony.
- Dr. Jim-Jaja Mina Gogo.
- Uzor Henry.
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