….. All court cases filed by Fubara and team on the crisis should be withdrawn
…… Amaewhule To Retain Office of Speaker……
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The President ,Bola Ahmed Tinubu has resolved the political crisis in Rivers state by achieving an eight point concessional agreement between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the 27 Rivers lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC)..
Rivers ,a state rich in mineral resources- oil and gas has been in the eye of the storm for about 3 months following a misunderstanding between Wike and his successor that created tension, uncertainty and confusion in the state
However,a meeting which was held on Monday at the instance of President Tinubu at the Presidential villa and attended by the Vice President Kassim Shettima and a former governor of the state,Dr Peter Odili ended with an 8- point resolution after the warring parties made concessions.
The resolutions are as follows;
- ALL matters instituted in the courts by the Governor of RiversState, Sir Fubara, and his team, in respect of the political crisis in Rivers State, shall be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY
- ALL impeachment proceedings initiated against the Governor of Rivers State by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately
- The leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly as led by the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule shall be recognized alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP
- The remunerations and benefits of ALL members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and their staff must be reinstated immediately and the Governor of Rivers State shall henceforth not interfere with the full funding of the Rivers State House of Assembly
- The Rivers State House of Assembly shall choose where they want to sit and conduct their legislative business without interference and/or hindrance from the Executive arm of government
- The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly
- The names of ALL commissioners in the Rivers State Executive Council who resigned their appointments because of the political crisis in the state should be resubmitted to the House of Assembly for approval
- There should NOT be a caretaker committee for the local governments in Rivers State. The dissolution of the Local Government administration is null and void and shall not be recognized
