Opposition lawmakers allege plot to scuttle re-presentation of budget by Fubara

March 13, 2025
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The Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers has alleged that there is an attempt by some interests in Rivers State to scuttle the re-presentation of the Rivers State 2025 budget to the State Assembly by Governor Siminailayi Fubara.

The spokesman of the coalition, Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, who stated this, at a briefing, on Wednesday – yesterday, March 12 – said there are also plots to frustrate the rescheduled Rivers State Local Government Election.

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Rivers State political crisis, the State House of Assembly had requested Fubara to represent the 2025 budget of the state.

However, the Rivers State Governor on arrival at the House of Assembly Quarters, on Wednesday, was locked out.

Ugochinyere noted that the lockout of the Governor, who said he had notified the assembly leadership of his intention to represent the budget, was nothing but a ploy to scuttle the exercise.

He said: “We commend Governor Fubara for complying with the Supreme Court’s judgment regarding the budget presentation. He reached out to House of Assembly members to come for a meeting, something that Wike would not do. He called them to a meeting for solutions to move forward but they boycotted the meeting and refused to come. Who are they?The state will not burn and we won’t allow them to destabilize that state that belongs to our party.

“The Governor again wrote a letter to you for the presentation of Rivers State 2025 budget, it was delivered to them, he called the Speaker on the phone several times but he didn’t pick. That’s to tell you people whose mind is dark, all they want is anarchy, they want Rivers people to suffer. We salute the Governor, Fubara for his humility to the extent of ensuring that despite the provocation, he continues to run the wheel of governance in the last four days.”

The lawmaker also alleged that there is also a plot to scuttle the Rivers State council poll scheduled for August 9.

He said: “Election has been fixed for August 9th, while the indigenes are preparing for elections that the Supreme Court ordered to be re-conducted, the Wike group is running around looking for injunction to stop the conduct of the election.

“The election will be held but it’s important that I alert you, that they are running again to the court, looking for an injunction to stop a legitimate election that the Supreme Court ordered. They are running around in their hideout to amend the local government law in the middle of the election to get former local government chairmen who left years back to come back.”

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