Rivers House of Assembly has invited Nine former commissioners who resigned from the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for fresh screening and confirmation.
Gatekeepers News reports that the nine commissioners resigned in December 2023 following a feud between Fubara and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Clerk of the Rivers house of Assembly, Emeka Amadi, in a statement on Monday, said the commissioner nominees are expected to appear before the lawmakers on Wednesday.
The venue of the screening is the State House of Assembly, legislative quarters.
The nominees are Zacchaeus Adangor, Jacobson Mbina, Gift Worlu, Inime Chinwenwo-Aguma, Chukwuemeka Woke, Chinedu Mmom, George-Kelly Alabo, Isaac Kamalu, and Austin Ben Chioma.
The development is part of the resolution reached after Fubara and Wike agreed to end the political feud when President Bola Tinubu intervened.
Wike and other Rivers stakeholders on December 18, 2023, signed an eight-point resolution which includes resubmitting the names of all commissioners in the Rivers state executive council, who resigned their appointments due to the political crisis in the state, to the house of assembly for approval.
