The Rivers state governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Thursday, said there is only one House of Assembly existing in the state, and it is led by Rt Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo.
Governor Fubara made the clarification shortly after giving assent to the Rivers State Appropriation Law No.1 of 2025, at Government House, Port Harcourt.
The governor said the records need to be put straight to address insinuations in some quarters about a possible splitter in the legislature, and maintained that there is no such division.
Governor Fubara said, “I want to say this, maybe, for some persons somewhere who are still mixing up issues. We have only one Rivers state House of Assembly, and the assembly is headed by Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo.”
He described those who abdicated their mandate in the House as a group of friends who had embarked on Sinbad journey and half-way into the journey, they decided to return, saying, “It is too late. We are not going back. As far as I am concerned, we have moved on.”
Governor Fubara said that as it stands now, the focus of his administration is to do everything possible in defending the interest of Rivers state and the integrity of governance, and assured that with the 2025 budget now signed, every projection made in it will be addressed to deliver hope and good life to all residents in the state.
He said: “We will make sure that we kick-start, so that the record of performance that was accorded by this administration in the year 2024 will be higher in this year, 2025.”
