Rivers Crisis: Pro-Fubara Lawmakers Confirm Commissioner Nominee

The factional Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has screened and confirmed a commissioner nominee sent to it by Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

The nominee, Dagogo Iboroma, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was confirmed during the screening on Monday.

He pledged to uphold the rule of law and serve the state diligently, irrespective of the ministry he will be deployed to.

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The event was the first legislative session since the election of new principal officers, and the Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo backed by lawmakers supporting Governor Fubara of Rivers State.

Also present during the screening were principal officers and former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

Speaking earlier, the factional Speaker commended Governor Fubara for providing an auditorium in the government house as a temporary chamber after the main complex of the state assembly was recently burnt down.

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A motion was then moved by the leader, Sokari Goodboy, to adopt the auditorium as the new chamber, allowing the speaker to read Governor Fubara’s request for the screening and confirmation of 60-year-old Dagogo Iboroma as a commissioner in his cabinet.