Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved the appointment of five new permanent secretaries in the state’s civil service.
Bellnews reports that the appointments were announced in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Head of Service, Dr Iningi Brown.
Those appointed are Dr Wachukwu Worgu, Eke Owuma, Ogbonna Anthony, Dr Jim-Jaja Gogo and Uzor Henry.
According to the statement, the governor is scheduled to formally inaugurate the newly appointed permanent secretaries on Wednesday.
This is coming days after the governor’s political rift with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, was resolved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to sources familiar with the development who spoke with The Nation, President Tinubu on Sunday night convened a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. In attendance were Governor Fubara, Minister Wike, the Speaker of the Rivers Assembly, and some prominent elders from the state.
The high-level talks were aimed at resolving the lingering power tussle that has paralysed governance in Rivers State and threatened Fubara’s tenure.
“The President minced no words in telling the governor the truth. He wasn’t happy with the way Fubara had carried on,” a source at the meeting disclosed.
During the meeting, it was learnt that President Tinubu laid out three clear options for Governor Fubara to ensure political survival and avoid an imminent impeachment by the House of Assembly.
Top among the conditions was the full implementation of the original peace accord, earlier brokered by the President in late 2023, following threats of emergency rule.