The State House of Assembly has been charged by the Executive Arm of the Rivers State Government with impeding State lead representative Siminalayi Fubara’s attempts to carry out the Supreme Court’s decision on the state’s political crisis.
In response to remarks made by Enemi Alabo-George, the chairman of the House of Assembly Committee on Information, who accused Fubara of impeding the process, Commissioner for Information Joe Johnson made this statement on Monday.
Johnson claimed that despite numerous attempts to communicate with the state lead representative, the Assembly has continuously refused to acknowledge his correspondence.
He pointed to video evidence that demonstrated the government’s attempts to provide official documents, which he claimed the parliamentarians willfully disregarded.
Johnson further disclosed that some of these letters had been published in major newspapers.
He clarified that since the documents were never initially received by the Assembly, the government is unable to send acknowledgment copies of the letters, as Alabo-George had contested.
The commissioner stated that the executive branch has not yet received any contact from the State Assembly about the most recent charges of egregious misbehavior against the governor and his deputy.
According to him, Fubara has consistently upheld peace, as evidenced by his adherence to a court decision that mandated the transfer of authority from elected local government chairmen to Heads of Local Government Administrations.
According to him, the state lead representative also expressed interest in carrying out the remaining orders from the apex bank as soon as he obtains a Certified True Copy of the ruling.
However, he said, the Assembly reacted angrily, giving the state lead representative and the state electoral commission ultimatums.
He said that legal experts had also questioned the constitutionality of this move, calling it a calculated plot to create confusion.
The Assembly’s recent request for an investigation against the Chief Judge was also criticized by Johnson, who said that their most recent actions demonstrated that their goals did not serve the interests of the state.
He claimed that rather than being concerned with government and the welfare of Rivers residents, the politicians’ actions from the beginning had been self-serving.
