Tinubu, Fubara in closed-door meeting
By Emma Ogbuehi
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and President Bola Tinubu are currently in a meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The governor reportedly arrived at the Villa at about 5:35 p.m. and went straight to the president’s office.
The governor had recently visited the Villa for a peace meeting involving the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the President.
The purpose of the meeting is unknown as of now.
Fubara and his predecessor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, entered into an agreement to end the political crisis rocking Rivers State.
Prior to the peace parley and the agreement, President Bola Tinubu had a closed-door meeting with Fubara, at the Presidential Villa Abuja.
The governor was accompanied to the meeting by the former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, and other stakeholders from the state as the president waded in to resolve the face-off between the governor and his predecessor, Wike.
After the meeting, TheNiche learnt a pact directing that all impeachment proceedings initiated against Fubara by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately.
It also directed that all matters instituted in the courts by Fubara, and his team, in respect of the political crisis in the state “shall be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY”.
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The parties also agreed that the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly as led by the Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule will be recognized alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP.
Other directives according to the document read, “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 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 re-present 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 recognized.”
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