Rivers Saga: Fubara Officially Relocates Assembly Sitting To Government House

Amidst the lingering crisis in the Rivers State political space, Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Friday, gazetted the Executive Order relocating the House of Assembly to the Auditorium, Admin Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt.

This is coming after the latest attempt by the Lawmakers loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to impeach Fubara.

Also, the lawmakers who are with the governor elected a new speaker of the House of Assembly on Wednesday.

Also, a Rivers court on Friday barred the pro-Wike lawmakers from parading themselves as members of the assembly.

The document, dated December 14, 2023, cited the burning of the chamber of the House of Assembly as the reason for the relocation.

It would be recalled that some persons in October 2023, broke into the assembly and set it on fire.

The governor had subsequently stormed the chamber alongside some of his supporters. He had vowed that removing him would be tough.

In the gazette, Fubara said the current state of the chamber was unsafe and constituted a threat to the lives of the legislators and their staff.

He said: “Now, therefore, I, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, the Governor of Rivers State, this 30th Day of October 2023, pursuant to the powers vested in me under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria hereby issue, an order and direct that all proceedings and business of the Rivers State House of Assembly shall temporarily take place at the auditorium, Admin Block, Government House, Port Harcourt, until the repairs, renovation, and reconstruction of the chambers of Rivers State House of Assembly.”