Fubara’s Reconciliation Fails As Rivers Lawmakers Boycott Govt House Meeting
There might be fire on the mountain for Governor of Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara after the supposed peace meeting convened by the Governor could not hold on Monday as scheduled.
This is following the refusal of the lawmakers invited for the meeting to show up.
The governor had, in a letter signed by the secretary to the state government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, invited the speaker of the state house of assembly, Hon. Martins Amaaewhule, and the other 26 lawmakers for a peace meeting in Government House on Monday.
Danagogo, in the letter dated 7th March, said the invitation came after the governor received Certificate True Copy (CTC) of the Supreme Court judgement on the political crisis in the state.
At the top of the agenda of the meeting were the presentation of the 2025 budget to the assembly, payment of allowances of the lawmakers, allocation of a sitting venue for the assembly and others.
However, it was gathered that the meeting that was to hold 10am at Government House, Port Harcourt, could not hold because the lawmakers did not show up.
Although, it was earlier gathered that the lawmakers had turned down the invitation from government, noting that it was not properly handled and only posted on social media platforms.
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A video sighted on social media showed one of the invitees, who is the member representing Akuku-Toru Constituency II, Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Lolo Isaiah Opuende, stating that the lawmakers would not honour the invitation.
He said, “It is time for us to have our day. ‘When dey your dey started, and our principal said, The time for your day will come, and it has come.’
“How can you write a letter and post it on social media and expect us to come? No, we are not kids. The governor should write to the Assembly in a proper way; that is all.”
However, some other sources alleged that the government that sent out the invitation to the lawmakers was not already for the meeting.
The sources questioned why the governor would schedule a meeting for 10am and at the same time have a project commissioning almost at the same time.
