Rivers Speaker, Amaewhule Calls Fubara, Deputy “Worst Thing” for Democracy
Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, has described Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy as the worst things to have happened to Nigeria’s nascent democracy.
Amaewhule made the remarks during the impeachment proceedings against the governor and his deputy, broadcast live on Thursday and monitored by POLITICS DIGEST.
The Speaker criticized Governor Fubara for failing to present the 2026 appropriation bill to the House, noting that no other state governor has delayed this responsibility so late in the year.
He accused the governor of spending taxpayers’ money without accountability and of threatening to report the Assembly to President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to avoid scrutiny, calling these actions a “slap on the face” of the legislature.
Recalling past interventions, Amaewhule said the President had previously brokered truces between the governor and the Assembly.
He, however, warned that any last-minute attempts by the governor to present the bill would not avert accountability.
Earlier in the session, Majority Leader Major Jack read the notice of gross misconduct against the governor.
Allegations include the demolition of the Assembly Complex, extra-budgetary spending, withholding funds meant for the Assembly Service Commission, and refusal to comply with the Supreme Court ruling on the financial autonomy of the House.
The Speaker pledged to formally forward the impeachment notice to Governor Fubara within seven days. “I will ensure that this letter is forwarded to His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, within seven days,” Amaewhule stated.
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