Rivers Gov’t Says It Hasn’t Received Assembly’s Resolutions on 2025 Budget

The Rivers State government has announced that it has not yet received any official communication from the Rivers State House of Assembly regarding the resolutions on the 2025 budget presentation.

It will be recalled that the Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led legislature had issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Monday, demanding that he present the 2025 budget before the Assembly.

However, in a letter dated March 5, 2025, addressed to the Speaker of the Assembly, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), confirmed that as of Tuesday evening, neither the Governor’s office, the Deputy Governor’s office, nor the office of the Accountant-General had received any official communication from the State Assembly.

The letter further referred to a previous statement from the Governor, in which he had, during a broadcast on March 2, 2025, reaffirmed his commitment to complying with the Supreme Court’s decisions on the state’s political crisis, regardless of his personal views, in the best interest of the Rivers people.

It was also mentioned that the state’s legal team was awaiting the certified true copy (CTC) of the Supreme Court’s judgment to facilitate its proper implementation. The government reassured Rivers residents that once the judgment was officially received, Governor Fubara would act accordingly and without delay.

The letter stated: “I hereby refer to you a letter dated March 3, 2025, on the above subject matter, which we came across on social media and notify you that as of the close of work on Tuesday, March 4, 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 has received it.”

It continued, “Please recall that His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, had in a broadcast on Sunday, March 2, 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 the state.”