…Reassures Fubara’ll Implement Supreme Court Judgements
By Maureen Dick
RIVERS State government has denied receipt of a correspondence from the House of Assembly directing Governor Siminalayi Fubara to present the 2025 budget within 48 hours.
Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, made the denial in a statement he signed in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday.
The Assembly had during plenary on Monday, directed the governor to present the 2025 budget within 48 hours to the House.
But, in a letter simply addressed to ‘The Honourable Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Port Harcourt, captioned: Re:Resolutions of the Rivers State House of Assembly Pursuant to the Judgement of the Supreme Court delivered on Friday, 28th day of February, 2025″, Danagogo said the state government came about the subject matter on the social media.
The SSG stressed that neither the office of the Governor, his deputy, nor the Accountant-General of the state received that said letter.
He reiterated that Governor Fubara had during his statewide broadcast, said he would implement the judgement by the apex court, notwithstanding his personal opinion on the court’s verdicts.
The SSG explained: “As at the close of work on Tuesday 4th March, 2025, we are yet to receive the said letter. Neither the office of the Governor, nor the Deputy Governor’s office, nor the
office of the Accountant-General of the State has received the said letter.
“Please, recall that His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS, Governor of Rivers State, had in a State Broadcast on Sunday, 2nd March, 2025, stated clearly that notwithstanding his personal opinion on the Supreme Court Judgments, he will, as a law-abiding Nigerian, obey and implement their decisions in accordance with the rule of law and the best interest of the people of Rivers State.”
Danagogo disclosed that the state government’counsels are still awaiting the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgements, reassuring that Governor Fubara would implement the contents in the interest of the state.
“We have since been in contact with our lawyers who are still awaiting the certified true copy of the judgments of the Supreme Court, and hereby reassure you and all the good people of Rivers State that as soon as His Excellency receives the judgements, he will strive to implement same timeously in the best interest of our people.”