A group of Rivers elders and leaders loyal to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, visited the state House of Assembly residential quarters on Sunday.
The group’s visit is coming a few days after Gov. Siminalaye Fubara embarked on an inspection visit to the facility.
During that visit, Fubara said that the essence was to find out the state of the facility for possible rehabilitation.
Speaking during the visit, Mr. Desmond Akawor, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers, said that the visit was to ascertain the structural viability of the buildings.
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”We got information about some leakages on some roofs and other structural defects on your residential buildings.
”We are also informed that the governor is set to intervene by breaking down some of the buildings and carrying out rehabilitation where necessary.
”For us, we will not want another structure in the state to be destroyed without replacement,” he said.
Receiving the group, the assembly’s factional speaker, Mr. Martin Amaewhule (Obio/Akpor-1), described the visit as an indication of the Rivers people’s concern over the happenings in the state.
Amaewhule said that they had engaged experts who confirmed that nothing was wrong with the buildings.
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”This is one of the best legislative quarters in West Africa; it is in good shape and does not require rehabilitation at the moment,” he said.
The factional speaker said that the law of separation of powers empowered the assembly to have full ownership of the estate without the governor’s interference.
This comes a day after Wike told the people of Rivers State that he made a mistake and is ready to correct the mistake at the appropriate time.
The former governor of Rivers State, who spoke while addressing a grand civic reception on Saturday in Ogu-Bolo, Rivers State, honoring Chief George Thompson Sekibo’s 20 years of public service, however, did not disclose the mistake he said he made.
(NAN)