Rivers administrator under serious fire, reason emerge

• The Rivers authorities sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) has travel nether superior disapproval implicit his caller action
• Ibas has been lambasted for removing 23 section authorities caretakers and the caput of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission
• Governor Siminilayi Fubara’s Special Adviser connected Electronic Media, Jerry Omatsogunwa, said Iba's enactment is impunity taken excessively far

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering basal and tertiary education successful Nigeria and worldwide

Port Harcourt, Rivers authorities - The Rivers state sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) has been lambasted for sacking the 23 section authorities caretakers and the caput of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission.

Legit.ng recalls that Ibas announced the appointments of caller chairmen and members for some the Civil Service and Local Government Service Commissions.

Jerry Omatsogunwa says Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) is present a lord unto himself successful Rivers state. Photo credit: @Mayor_ofph
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The caput to the authorities government, Prof. Ibibia Works, said the Civil Service Commission volition beryllium led by Dr. Livinus Bariki, with 4 further members appointed to the commission.

Ibibia 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.

Governor Siminilayi Fubara’s Special Adviser connected Electronic Media, Jerry Omatsogunwa, said Ibas had go a lord unto himself by his actions.

As reported by The Punch, Omatsogunwa said Iba’s enactment is not successful enactment with the intent for which helium was sent to Rivers state.

“Well, we person seen impunity ‘pro-max’ successful Rivers State, and I deliberation the National Assembly had besides said that the fund presumption that helium said helium was preparing volition not basal due to the fact that that is not the intent for which helium was sent here.“And the tribunal has asked him not to bash thing and to travel and answer. You cognize the remainder of the story; 23 names were released arsenic administrators of the LGAs signed by him (Ibas).“So, for me, it is impunity taken excessively far. He is present a lord unto himself, and we cannot person that successful a antiauthoritarian setting. I deliberation each well-meaning Rivers radical indispensable condemn specified acts by the sole administrator, and it volition not basal astatine the extremity of the day. “

The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Amb Godknows Igali, said Iba’s enactment are undemocratic steps taken truthful acold successful Rivers state.

He stated this successful an unfastened missive issued connected Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Igali condemned the removal of suspended Governor Sim Fubara’s photographs from each offices erstwhile helium had not yet been removed from office.

“Unbelievable level of dismantling, disassembling, and razing down each the institutions of ideology that person been successful beingness successful the state.”

Court summons Rivers' sole head LGA

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Federal High Court summoned Rivers state’s Sole Administrator to explicate wherefore an injunction should not halt the appointment of Sole Administrators for 23 LGAs.

Justice Mohammed highlighted fairness successful governance amid concerns that appointing Sole Administrators could undermine ideology successful Rivers state.

The lawsuit has sparked governmental debate, with the court's determination connected April 14, 2025, expected to interaction section governance and law practices successful the state.

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Source: Legit.ng