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Fubara Snubs Wike’s Lawmakers, Prepares to Present 2025 Budget to Rivers Assembly

 

 

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has announced that his administration is in the final stages of preparing the 2025 budget, which will soon be presented to the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Victor Oko-Jumbo.

 

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The governor highlighted that this new budget will be significantly larger, with a focus on addressing inflation and unemployment in the state.

 

Despite calls from some members of the Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, to resubmit the 2024 budget proposal, Fubara remains undeterred. He dismissed these calls as illegitimate, reaffirming his commitment to moving forward with the 2025 budget.

 

Governor Fubara made these remarks during a solidarity visit from delegates representing the Etche and Omuma Local Government Areas at the Government House in Port Harcourt. In his address, the governor urged the public to disregard the demands from the Amaewhule group, asserting that they no longer have standing in the Assembly after defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in December 2023.

 

“I wanted to help them,” Fubara stated, hinting at political assistance he had planned for the defecting lawmakers. He did not specify the nature of the support, though some speculate it could have involved measures under the Presidential Peace Pact.

 

However, the governor made it clear that the defectors had already forfeited their seats, a move formalized in December by Edison Ehie, the then-Speaker and current Chief of Staff to the governor.

 

As Fubara prepares the 2025 budget, he assured that the focus would be on key sectors such as education, healthcare, and agriculture. These priorities align with the needs of the Etche and Omuma communities, whose economies are largely driven by farming.

 

Additionally, the governor emphasized efforts to resolve ongoing clashes between herders and farmers in the region, with police involvement aimed at restoring peace and boosting agricultural productivity.