The Rivers State House of Assembly has announced that this week, it will conduct a re-screening and re-confirmation process for nine former Commissioners who recently resigned from the state executive council.
The arrangement was revealed in a statement issued today in Port Harcourt by the Clerk of the house, Emeka Amadi.
According to the statement, the commissioners who will undergo this process include Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), who served as the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice; Dr Des George-Kelly, the Commissioner for Works; Emeka Woke, the Commissioner for Special Duties; Mrs Inime Aguma, the Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation; and Isaac Kamalu, the Commissioner for Finance.
You will recall that on December 16, 2023, a wave of resignations swept through the State’s Executive Council amid a political crisis between the Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory,Nyesom Wike.
Furthermore, it was reported that the reinstatement of the former commissioners who had resigned was one of the conditions outlined in President Tinubu’s peace agreement with Fubara.
