- Fubara says he has endured unfair criticism because the public has only heard one side of the state’s political crisis.
- He denied refusing to meet the State House of Assembly members, explaining that the meeting must be arranged by PDP leader Nyesom Wike and has not yet been scheduled.
- Fubara insisted he has repeatedly shown willingness to meet the lawmakers and dismissed claims to the contrary as false, stressing his commitment to peace and stability in the state.
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has publicly expressed that he has endured significant hardship amid the state’s ongoing political crisis because the public has heard only one version of events.
Fubara, who insisted that he had never refused to meet with members of the State House of Assembly, stressed that he is waiting for a meeting to be arranged.
“I am a gentleman and a very principled person. The reason I am saying this here is that I have suffered too much because of single story,” he said.
The Governor clarified that the delay in meeting the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, and other lawmakers did not come from him. Instead, the meetings had to be arranged by the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Nyesom Wike.
“A lot of things happened and nobody has heard my own side. I want to say it here, Speaker and members of the Assembly, I have made effort to meet with you. I am just waiting for that meeting to be fixed.”
Fubara confirmed that the arrangement was insisted upon by others: “It was for my leader to arrange the meeting, which up till this moment, that meeting has not been fixed.”
He denied claims that he does not want to meet the legislators, calling them “pure lies,” and emphasized his commitment to peace and progress.
“I have personally said whatever is their need, I am ready to meet it so that we can have peace in the state… Whoever is telling you that I don’t want to meet members of the Assembly is not true,” the Governor reiterated.
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