• Oko-Jumbo-led legislature confirms five nominees for Assembly service commission
The Obio-Akpor Local Council Chairman, Chijioke Ihunwo, has said that despite multiple court rulings, the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, will govern the state for eight years.
Ihunwo said, unlike other selfish public office holders, Fubara is completely different. He described him as a man with conscience and compassion, doing the right things and impacting lives.
The council boss vowed that nobody would come from the back door to govern Rivers State, saying the people have been liberated from captivity.
Ihunwo stated this yesterday while clarifying that the recent Supreme Court judgment did not reinstate Martins Amaewhule and 26 others as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
He described their celebration of the verdict as a mere distraction, assuring that it would not distract the state and the people.
Ihunwo also urged youths wasting data, time and energy on social media to analyse court judgments to channel such energy to meaningful and useful ventures to better their lives.
IN another development, the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo has screened and confirmed five nominees to be appointed as chairman and members of the Rivers State Assembly Service Commission.
Also ratified were nominees for chairman and members to be appointment into the Rivers State Local Government Service Commission.
This followed a correspondence from Governor Siminalayi Fubara requesting the Assembly to screen and ratify the nominees.
They are, Dr Tamunosisi Gogo Jaja as Chairman, Jones Ogbonda, Dr Kennedy Ebeku, Soberekon Clark and Kingston Sylvernus as members.
While Goodlife Ben will serve as chairman for the Local Government Commission, Emmanuel Jaja, Mrs Betty Warmate, Jerome Chimenem, Prince Philip Okparaji and Christian Amadi are members.
Commencing debate on the screening, Leader Sokari Goodboy Sokari said the credibility of people nominated by the governor to serve in the two commissions is overwhelming, appealing to the House to give them speedy ratification.
The Speaker, Oko-Jumbo, who at the end of the debate, confirmed the nominees through a voice vote.
