Drama in Rivers as sole administrator orders NBA to “refund N300m confab hosting rights”

• Rivers administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has faulted the Nigerian Bar Association implicit its determination to relocate the 2025 yearly league from Port Harcourt to Enugu
• Ibas described the NBA's reasons for the relocation, peculiarly its criticisms of his administration, arsenic misleading
• In a connection connected Monday, Ibas demanded a refund of the N300 cardinal paid by the Rivers authorities authorities for hosting rights

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Port Harcourt, Rivers state - The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has replied to the Nigerian Bar Association regarding the crushed for relocating its Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu state.

Rivers Sole Administrator tackls NBA implicit relocation of conference. Photo credit: Rivers authorities government
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Ibas faulted the crushed cited by the NBA, describing it arsenic misleading and uncharitable.

The Sole Administrator stated this successful a connection issued successful Port Harcourt connected Monday by his media aide, Hector Igbikiowubo, and sent to newsmen.

He said portion the NBA reserves the close to take a venue for its conference, the relation had yet to code the contented of the refund of the hosting rights paid by the authorities authorities for the conference.

The connection partially reads:

“While we respect the NBA’s close to take its league venues, we find it funny that the association—despite its “principled position”— didn’t code the refund of the N300 cardinal already paid by the Rivers State Government for the hosting rights of the 2025 conference.“If the NBA genuinely stands connected principle, it should show the aforesaid integrity by promptly returning these funds alternatively than benefiting from a authorities it present publically discredits.”

It added:

“The attraction of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to the Nigeria Bar Association’s announcement dated 10th April 2025, relocating its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu.“We find the reasons cited for this decision—particularly the insinuation that the Sole Administrator’s actions person undermined ideology and the regularisation of law—to beryllium misleading, uncharitable, and unbecoming of an relation that prides itself connected upholding justness and fairness.”

Vice Admiral Ibas defended his assignment by President Tinubu arsenic Rivers sole administrator. Pohto credit: Dada Olusegun
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The Sole Administrator further stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, successful exercising his law authority, acted successful the champion involvement of the authorities to reconstruct stability.

Contrary to the NBA’s assertions, Ibas said helium has consistently reaffirmed his committedness to the NBA, arsenic a assemblage of ineligible minds, should cognize amended than to trim a analyzable law substance to governmental sensationalism.

While appealing for constructive engagement, the connection said:

“Rivers State is passing done a challenging but indispensable signifier successful its antiauthoritarian journey.“Rather than contributing to unnecessary tension, we expect the NBA—as a captious stakeholder successful Nigeria’s democracy—to prosecute constructively, offering solutions alternatively of amplifying divisive narratives.”

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Ibas appoints chairman, members of Rivers civilian service

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Ibok-Ete Ibas announced the appointments of caller chairmen and members for some the Civil Service and Local Government Service Commissions

The caput to the authorities government, Prof. Ibibia Works, successful a connection connected Wednesday, said the Civil Service Commission volition beryllium led by Dr. Livinus Bariki, with 4 further members appointed to the commission

He besides noted that the Local Government Service Commission volition beryllium headed by Mr. Israel N. Amadi, with six different members appointed to service with contiguous effect

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Source: Legit.ng