Rivers Crisis Worsens As Fubara Redeploys Assembly Clerk, Deputy

Rivers Crisis Worsens As Fubara Redeploys Assembly Clerk, Deputy

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved the redeployment of the Clerk of the House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi.

Naija News reports that the redeployment was made known in a circular dated November 20 and issued by the Office of the Head of Civil Service.

The circular stated that Amadi was redeployed to the State Scholarship Board, and a replacement to succeed him was not made known.

Governor Fubara also approved the redeployment of the Deputy Clerk/Head of Department (HOD) Legislative Department, Calistus Ojirika, to the readers project.

The circular stated that Amadi and Ojirika should hand over to the most senior officers in the House of Assembly, adding that the redeployment takes effect immediately.

While an Assistant Director at the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Georgewill Otto was redeployed to Rivers State Small Town and Rural Water Supply Agency.

Recall that the development comes about three weeks after an attempted impeachment of Governor Fubara by the State House of Assembly.

Rivers has been grappling with a political crisis linked to the rumoured rift between Fubara and the former governor of the state and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Despite President Bola Tinubu’s reported intervention to restore peace in the state, there are speculations that the political crisis has not been resolved.

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