Rivers working with out legitimate funds, says suspended PDP caretaker chairman

A former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Robinson Ewor, has accused the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of illegally spending public funds.

Ewor alleged that the state is at present working and not using a legitimate funds for the 2026 fiscal 12 months.

He made the allegation on Wednesday throughout the “thanks” go to of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to Ahoada East Native Authorities Space.

Based on him, governance within the state has been crippled by the dearth of cooperation between the chief and the legislature, warning that and not using a duly handed appropriation legislation, all state expenditures can be illegal.

“The federal government is designed in order that there should be an govt, a legislature, and a judiciary. The three should work collectively to have the ability to ship the dividends of democracy for the state.

“2026, as we communicate, the state has no funds. Each expenditure we make any longer, from January 1 going ahead, is an unlawful expenditure.

“So I’ll advise them, allow them to be the leaders they’re. Allow them to talk, allow them to open up, allow them to inform their followers the reality,” he mentioned.

The PidomNigeria studies that tensions between Fubara and the Rivers State Home of Meeting heightened in 2025, following a Supreme Court docket judgment that reinstated the Martin Amaewhule-led Meeting faction and ordered it to renew legislative duties, whereas additionally halting statutory allocations to the state till due course of was adopted.

Following its resumption, the Home issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the governor, directing the formal presentation of the 2025 appropriation invoice, whereas faulting the earlier signing of an N800 billion funds handed by a rival four-member faction loyal to Fubara.

Nevertheless, the governor’s try to submit the funds on the Meeting advanced in March 2025 was stalled after he was denied entry by the lawmakers, who claimed there was no formal notification of the governor’s go to, and accused him of ignoring legislative process.

The Meeting later adjourned indefinitely, after the governor wrote once more, expressing readiness to current the funds, a growth that stalled governance and pushed the disaster into preparations for the 2026 appropriation.

Recalling his time as a member of the State Home of Meeting, Ewor mentioned the legislature as soon as handed a funds inside one hour to make sure the sleek working of presidency, insisting that no governor may operate successfully with out the assist of lawmakers.

“I’m a product of the legislature. I do know that the chief can not operate with out the legislature. On one of many events on this state, we used one hour to cross the state funds to allow the governor to operate.

“So for any governor to assume he’ll succeed, he’ll work and survive with out the legislature, will not be right,” Ewor said.