President Tinubu Lift Rivers State Governor Suspension And Others

 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally announced the end of the state of emergency in Rivers State, six months after it was declared to resolve a crippling governance crisis.

In a nationwide broadcast on Wednesday, the President said the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly would lapse at midnight, paving the way for a full return to democratic governance from Thursday, September 18.

Tinubu recalled that the state of emergency, proclaimed on March 18, 2025, became necessary following a political deadlock between the executive and legislature in Rivers State. He noted that the division within the House of Assembly and its conflict with the governor had paralyzed governance, disrupted economic activities, and even prompted the Supreme Court to declare that there was effectively no government in the state.

“The situation had reached a point of total breakdown of public order and public safety,” the President said. “It would have been a colossal failure on my part not to have made that proclamation.”