About 24 hours to the expected return of Sim Fubara as governor of Rivers State, President of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, Prof Benjamin Okaba, has set an agenda for him. As part of the agenda, Okaba wants Fubara to ensure that he revisits projects which were abandoned during the emergency regime.
The INC president has also called for a probe of the regime of retired vice admiral Ibokette-Ekwe Ibas, even as he said Ibas should not wait for anyone to ask him questions about what he did with the public funds under his care.
Okaba spoke on Wednesday morning during an interview with Arise News, which was monitored by TNN in Port Harcourt. According to him, Fubara should not bother about any hand over report from Ibas, since the suspended governor had nothing to do with his take-over of the affairs of the state.
Rather, Okaba said Ibas should render the account of his stewardship and present his hand over notes to the president, Bola Tinubu, who imposed him on the state.
The Ijaw leader lamented the effects of the emergency rule on Rivers State, saying about 10,000 jobs were lost during the period, while the economy nose-dived during the period.
He said the emergency rule resulted in significant losses, including the loss of legislative representation and democratic gains, as the entire state was left in the hands of one man for six months.
He was particularly worried that the N195 billion ring road project was abandoned by Julius Berger, as well as the Trans Kalabari road, with Ibas not able to do anything, leaving the people to suffer.
He urged Fubara to pay attention to genuine reconciliation as he returns to office, while also advising him to assert himself as governor of the state.
The expectation is that Tinubu who had to cut short his overseas trip to return to Nigeria on Tuesday night, would address the nation on Thursday morning, to end the emergency rule regime and restore democratic rule in Rivers State.
