December 20, (THEWILL) – Governor Siminalayi Fubara has expressed his commitment to ensuring peace in Rivers state and among the people, to foster development, saying: “There is no amount that is too big to pay for peace.
“Let me say this to my dear state. I call you my dear state because the support you have shown to me within this period is unmeasurable. Ordinarily, I don’t even know them or have any contact with them, but they stood by me. There is no amount that is too big to pay for peace. I will continue to pay it”, the governor declared on Tuesday, while addressing a special convocation ceremony at the Pamo University of Medical Sciences.
THEWILL recalls that Fubara had on Monday, signed a peace pact in Abuja amid protracted political crisis in Rivers State.
The Peace Pact, an 8-point resolution, was the outcome of a meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu and attended by the governor and other Rivers stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday night.
According to the resolutions:
1. ALL matters instituted in the courts by the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara and his team, in respect of the political crisis in Rivers State, shall be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY.
2. ALL impeachment proceedings initiated against the Governor of Rivers State by the Rivers State House of Assembly should be dropped immediately.
3. The leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly, as led by the Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, shall be recognised alongside the 27 members who resigned from the PDP.
4. The remunerations and benefits of ALL members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and their staff must be reinstated immediately and the Governor of Rivers State shall henceforth not interfere with the full funding of the Rivers State House of Assembly
5. The Rivers State House of Assembly shall choose where they want to sit and conduct their legislative business without interference and/or hindrance from the Executive arm of government.
6. The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara, shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State House of Assembly.
7. The names of ALL commissioners in the Rivers State Executive Council, who resigned their appointments because of the political crisis in the state should be resubmitted to the House of Assembly for approval.
8. There should NOT be a caretaker committee for the local governments in Rivers State. The dissolution of the Local Government administration is null and void and shall not be recognised.
While opposition had swelled over what is now referred to as the Abuja Resolution, Governor Fubara expressed his commitment to continue to make necessary sacrifice to secure Rivers State.
“I will continue to pay it”, he told a crowd of Rivers People and visitors at the convocation hall.
He also assured that the provision of a quality education system and affordable public healthcare services remained two vital priorities of his administration.
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