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Hot SourcePresident Bola Tinubu has officially sent a letter to the House of Representatives, requesting their approval for declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State. This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi, on Tuesday. According to him, Tinubu’s letter will be ready on the floor of the House on
State of emergency: National Assembly to debate Tinubu’s decision Wednesday
President Bola Tinubu has officially sent a letter to the House of Representatives, requesting their approval for declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State.
This was confirmed by the spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi, on Tuesday.
According to him, Tinubu’s letter will be ready on the floor of the House on Wednesday, March 19 and further legislative action will be debated and decided.
Rotimi said, “The leadership of the National Assembly met with Mr. President and the National Security Adviser ahead of the broadcast.
“Key security chiefs were also present and were fully briefed on the situation. All parties unanimously expressed their support.
“The letter will be read on the floor of the House during plenary on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
“Further legislative action will be debated and decided on the floor.”
Tinubu announced a state of emergency in Rivers state on Tuesday during a nationwide broadcast. https://dailypost.ng/2025/03/18/rivers-crisis-tinubu-declares-state-of-emergency-suspends-fubara-for-six-months/
The president suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, for six months.
Tinubu also suspended all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State and nominated Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (Rtd) as Administrator to take charge of the affairs of the state.
State of emergency: National Assembly to debate Tinubu’s decision Wednesday
Hot SourceReactions have started trailing the declaration of State of Emergency in Rivers State, by President Bola Tinubu, as the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has called on him to rescind the decision in the best interest of the nation. It also called on the National Assembly to reverse the state of emergency declaration as a safety
State of Emergency: CLO urges NASS to stop Tinubu
Reactions have started trailing the declaration of State of Emergency in Rivers State, by President Bola Tinubu, as the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has called on him to rescind the decision in the best interest of the nation.
It also called on the National Assembly to reverse the state of emergency declaration as a safety gap to avert the conspiracy of undemocratic elements in the country.
The CLO, in a press statement signed by its Executive Director, Steve Aluko, made available to journalists in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, said the action of the President offends all judicial pronouncement of the Supreme Court.
It reads: “The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, condemn in strong terms the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State, because it is an avoidable contraption if all the parties have acted correctly, timely and promptly.
“It is on record that like the declaration of state emergency in Plateau State under former governor Joshua Dariye, under the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo, same under President Bola Tinubu is inconsistent with the letter, intents and spirit of the Nigerian constitution.
“It also offends all indices of democratic governance as celebrated in the recent local government autonomy judgement made by the Supreme Court to the effect that undemocratic practice is illogical, illegitimate and autocratic under a dispensation of civil democracy.”
According to him, “If the President and the Minister of FCT have acted in good fate, the government and the people of Rivers State will not have been held in this iniquitous quagmire.
“We, therefore, call on the president to rescind this decision in the best interest of our constitution and practice of democracy.
“The full return to the sanctity of votes and democratic governance remains the most civil to resolving the issue, else it can be summed, captured-democracy and clear signs of endangered democratic ideals.”
“We call on the National Assembly to disapprove and reverse the State of emergency declaration”, he stressed.
DAILYPOST recalls that President Bola Tinubu had declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the Deputy Governor, Ngozi Odua and all elected lawmakers of the state House of Assembly for an initial period of six months.
State of Emergency: CLO urges NASS to stop Tinubu
