More facts have emerged on why members of the Rivers state House of Assembly are trying to impeach the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The lawmakers are unhappy that the governor refused to pay them N1 billion for Constituency Project for the 26 lawmakers, being one of the agreement reached between the governor, the lawmakers, and a former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT, believed to behind the impeachment saga, in the aftermath of the six months Emergency Rule declared in the state by President Tinubu last year.
Governor Fubara was retuned to office on September 18, 2025 following the expiration of the Emergency Rule.
One of the lawmakers representing Etche Constituency I, Ignatius Obenachi Onwuka, made the revelation on Wednesday during a ward meeting with his constituents in the state, saying the governor had agreed to pay the lawmakers the sum as soon as he returned to office. .
According to Onwuka, Governor Fubara had agreed to pay the 26 lawmakers N1 billion but has only released N350 million to each of the lawmakers, saying the governor later reneged from the agreement, a situation that has prevented the Assembly members from executing projects in the in constituencies.
Onwuka said the lawamekrs are very angry with the governor because the N350 million released to each of the lawmakers is grossly inadequate, adding that the state government has enough money to meet the lawmakers demands, citing that there is over N600 billion lying fallow in the state government’s Account. .
“As it stands now, my constituency project is stalled because the ₦350 million cannot successfully cover the scope of work,” Onwuka stated.
On January 8, the 26 lawmakers moved to impeach Governor Fubara an, accusing him of gross misconduct in the way he has managed the affairs of the state since he became thw Chief Exedcutive of the oil bearing state.
Speaking during the state Assembly plenary, the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule said the governor will be informed on the decision taken by the lawmakers to remove him from office.
“I will ensure that this letter is forwarded to His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, within seven days,” he told the House,” Amaewhule said.
The governor had since been served the Impeachment Notice, and the lawmakers have also written a letter to the state Chief Judge, asking him to set up a panel to investigate the alleged impeachable offences raised against Fubara.
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