Pro Fubara Law Makers to Screen Frank Fubara as Commissioner Nominee

The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Victor Oko-Jumbo and loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, is set to screen and confirm Emmanuel Frank-Fubara as a commissioner nominee today. The screening will take place at the Chamber of the Assembly in Government House at 10 am.

This decision comes amidst ongoing political tensions in the state, with the assembly divided into factions. The Rivers State Government and lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have been at odds over an executive order that relocated the sitting of the state House of Assembly to the Auditorium of the Administrative Block Building of Government House in Port Harcourt.

Rivers State Assembly to Screen Commissioner Nominee Amid Political Crisis

Recall on May, the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led assembly screened and confirmed Dagogo Israel Iboroma, SAN, as a commissioner to serve in the State Executive Council. This is the second time the House of Assembly loyal to Fubara will be screening commissioner-nominees since it emerged as a parallel legislative house.

The political crisis in Rivers State has taken a fresh dimension as the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State House of Assembly makes a bold move. A faction of the assembly loyal to Governor Fubara is set to screen a new set of commissioner-nominees following the resignation of nine commissioners loyal to FCT minister Nyesom Wike. The feud between Wike and Fubara worsened following the Court of Appeal’s recent judgement invalidating an order barring Martin Amaewhule and 24 others from parading themselves as lawmakers and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The Rivers State House of Assembly members loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara and led by factional Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo, have invited a Commissioner-nominee, Emmanuel Frank-Fubara, for screening and confirmation as a member of the Rivers State Executive Council. The nominee is to come along with twelve sets of his Curriculum Vitae and the originals and photocopies of his credentials.