The Rivers State House of Assembly has asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara to forward the list of commissioner nominees to the House for consideration.
The lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, made the call when they resumed sitting on Thursday, September 18th, 2025 less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu ended the emergency rule in the state.
However, on the Order Paper for the day, there is only one item, which was a Motion to Set Legislative Agenda for the Remainder of the Year for the 10th Assembly.
Although Governor Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, are expected to take over the leadership of the state today, six months after President Bola Tinubu imposed emergency rule on the state, they had yet to arrive at the Government House in Port Harcourt as of 4:50 p.m. on Thursday.
An excited crowd of supporters gathered at the Government House waiting to welcome the governor and his deputy in the early hour of the day.
Officials from the state emergency services were also on the ground.
Fubara and his deputy had been away from the governance of the state for six months, after President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers, citing a political crisis.
Tinubu had also suspended the governor, his deputy, and the House of Assembly members.
The state of emergency ended on Wednesday.
The former administrator, retired Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who handed over the reins of power on Wednesday night, urged political actors in the state to embrace mutual respect and dialogue in a state broadcast.
