18th April , 2025
Mercy Emmanuel
News desk
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Rivers State oversight has summoned Rivers State’s Sole Administrator to appear before it over the ongoing state of emergency rule in the state.
The sole Admistrator retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas on Thursday appeared for questioning on salient issues regarding to his constitutional matters on appointment of Local Government Chairman election and budget presentation before the committee which was constituted by the lower chamber following the National Assembly’s resolution endorsing President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in the state, made this decision during its inaugural meeting held yesterday at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
According to the Chairman of the Committee and House Leader, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, the engagement is necessary to ascertain the true state of affairs in Rivers State and ensure that the House remains properly guided in the discharge of its oversight responsibilities in the public interest.
MEANWHILE, over 100 women, under the umbrella of Rivers Women Unite Prayer Group, have taken to the streets again, reiterating their demand for the immediate termination of the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State.
The women, adorned in red attires and brandishing placards with bold inscriptions, cited the unconstitutionality and unjust nature of the emergency rule.
They condemn the actions of the Sole Administrator, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, accusing him of deepening divisions among political stakeholders rather than fostering reconciliation.
The group, in a protest letter issued to newsmen and jointly signed by Dr. Nancy Chidi Nwankwo and Dr. Vivian Ige-Elenwo, alleged that Ibas has dismantled democratic institutions and implemented policies aimed at achieving political domination, serving the interests of those who appointed him.
