Fubara indicates willingness to quit as Rivers governor
Rivers Governor Siminalaye Fubara has said that he is willing to sacrifice his position for peace to reign in the state.
Governor Fubara and his predecessor Nyesome Wike, have a lingering disagreement, culminating in a recent violence. Wike, now minister of federal capital territory in an opposition government, repeatedly accuses Governor Fubara of reneging on agreements from the truce President Bola Tinubu brokered between the parties.
Governor Fubara, on African Independent Television (AIT), said that “if leaving this position is what I need or what is needed to bring more peace in the state, I can even tell you to come and take it.”
The governor’s innuendoe did not address anyone in particular and the opposite of his role in the violence unleashed to thwart his removal by some state lawmakers recently.
Fubara added during the interview: “It is not about me, people should understand that I won’t rule forever. I am here now but I will definitely go one day but Rivers State will still remain.”
Contrary to popular insinuation, Fubara said President Tinubu did not pressure him into accepting the conditions. Instead, the governor calls its action a “sacrifice.”
“No sacrifice will be too big for me to pay for the success of this administration,” he stated.
“It is not because I want to gain any favour from anybody, my interest and love for our dear state is genuine.”
Part of the conditions requires Governor Fubara to represent the state’s budget to the assembly, dominated by Wike’s loyalists.
Govenor Fubara had got six members of the assembly to approve the budget, one of who –the factional speaker –is now his chief of staff, after resigning from the legislature.
