Opposition Federal lawmakers under the aegis of G-60 on Wednesday applauded Governor Siminalayi Fubara over the swearing-in of 23 Local Government Council Caretaker Committee Chairmen after the successful screening by the Rivers State House of Assembly to fill the vacancies created by the expiration of the tenure of the former elected Council Chairmen on Monday, June 17, 2024.
In a statement made available to parliamentary correspondents in Abuja, the G-60 recalled that the tenure of the elected council chairmen in the 23 local government areas of Rivers State who were sworn in three years ago during Governor Nyesom Wike’s administration had expired on Monday, June 17, 2024.
The lawmakers, who expressed excitement over the development, urged the newly sworn-in Chairmen to wipe away the tears of Fubara and the people of Rivers State who had suffered untold in the hands of their successors, who abandoned their responsibilities and embarked on macabre dance while the people they were elected to serve wallow in pain.
The G-60 Caucus alleged that the former local government chairmen, apart from conniving with the former Governor Nyesom Wike to perpetrate evil in the state, stood in the way of Fubara, who came with a good intention to rewrite the history of Rivers and put it back on the path of development.
The statement reads: “We congratulate the Rivers State Governor, His Excellency, Siminalayi Fubara, and the good people of the state over the swearing-in of 23 Local Government Council Caretaker Committee Chairmen after the successful screening by the Rivers State House of Assembly to fill the vacancies created after the expiration of the tenure of the former elected Local Government Council Chairmen on Monday, June 17, 2024.
“While particularly congratulating the newly appointed Caretaker Committees, we urge them to give unalloyed support and unwavering loyalty to Governor Fubara and the Oko-Jumbo-led Rivers State House of Assembly for the peace, stability, and progress of the treasure base of Nigeria and should not toe the path of their predecessors, who were nothing but saboteurs and clogs in the wheels of progress.
“We equally hail Governor Fubara for being democratic enough to have allowed the former Chairmen to complete their three tenures without any disruption despite the provocative acts against him.
“He has demonstrated maturity and leadership qualities never exhibited by governors in the country, especially his predecessor, who defiled court injunctions’ sacked and appointed a caretaker committee chairmen barely two months into office.”
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