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Four commissioners who are loyalists of the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
They are the Commissioner for Education, Chinedu Mmom, Commissioner for Housing, Gift Worlu, Jacobson Nbina, Commissioner for Transportation and Commissioner for Environment, Austen Ben-Chioma.
Nbina, a loyalist of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, addressed his letter to Fubara through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Tammy Danagogo.
The four commissioners cited the political crisis in the state which resulted from a disagreement between Wike and Fubara, his successor as reasons for their action in the various letters of resignation.
They also cited a ‘toxic working environment’ as reason for quitting the cabinet.
The four commissioners were among the nine nine commissioners who resigned from Governor Fubara’s cabinet last year during the peak of the political crisis in the state.
They were, however, re-nominated and sworn in January following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu.
Rocketparrot News reports that the resignations of the four Pro-Wike Commissioners were long overdue as the peace Accord brokered by President Tinubu has become a subject of controversy and litigations in various courts.
Just as the Wike’s loyalists are leaving the cabinet, there have been calls on Governor Fubara to appoint new Commissioners who can work with him.
Former Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Leyii Kwanee commended Fubara for summoning the courage to appoint Dagogo Ibiroma as Attorney-General Commissioner for Justice amidst the raging crisis in the state.
He urged the Governor to continue in that line of boldness by sending more Commissioner nominees to the Rt Hon. Victor Oko-Jumno led House of Assembly for effective governance.
