Breaking: Gov. Fubara directs HLGAs to immediately takeover the running of all the 23 LGAs pending the conduct of a fresh election by RSIEC. Following Supreme Court judgment which invalidated the October 5th, 2024 LGA election in Rivers State, Governor Fubara in a statewide broadcast on Sunday directed outgoing LGA chairmen to handover to the heads of admin of their LGA effective Monday 3rd March, 2025. Governor Fubara said more directives and next line of action will be made known when the True Certified Copy(ctc) of the Supreme Court judgment is received.. Assures complete compliance to Supreme Court judgements without reservations.
Gov Fubara Directs Sacked LG Chairmen To Hand Over To HLGAs Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has directed the Heads of Local Government Administration (HLGAs) to immediately take over the administration of the 23 local government areas pending the conduct of fresh elections by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC). The governor said, “Furthermore, given the outlawing of caretaker arrangements in the local government system, I hereby direct the Heads of Local Government Administration to immediately take over the administration of the 23 local government councils pending the conduct of fresh elections by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission. “I further direct the outgoing local government chairmen to formally hand over the levers of power to the Heads of Local Government Administration by Monday, 3rd March, 2025.” https://leadership.ng/just-in-gov-fubara-directs-sacked-lg-chairmen-to-hand-over-to-hlgas/