Fubara, lawmakers’ position vindicates Tinubu’s emergency rule in Rivers-TMSG
By Emmanuel Oloniruha
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG), says the new found harmony between Gov. Siminalayi Fubara and members of Rivers House of Assembly has vindicated Mr President for timely proclamation of emergency rule in Rivers.
The group made the observation in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Emeka Nwankpa and Secretary Mr Dapo Okubanjo, in Abuja on Tuesday.
The group noted that the public assurance of a good working relationship by the governor and the lawmakers was completely different from their previous hard-line positions before the declaration of March 8 emergency rule in the state.
The TMSG said that it has noticed how some political elements, including elder statesmen, had described President Bola Tinubu’s announcement of an end to the six months emergency rule in Rivers as nothing to celebrate.
“It is, however, a good development that the governor and members of the House of Assembly, whose actions led to the presidential proclamation, appeared to have now seen things from a different perspective,” the group said.
It added that from what the lawmakers said when they resumed plenary to Fubara’s broadcast, it was crystal clear that there was a new spirit of harmony between the two arms of government whose earlier crisis grounded peace and governance in the state.
“This new development, for us, is a far cry from the politically toxic situation that compelled Tinubu to declare a state of emergency.
“It is a major pushback from the tipping moment of looming crisis when both parties held on to their entrenched positions in spite of a court ruling,” the group said.
TMSG further said that it was beggars-belief that opposition elements claimed that there was no basis for the declaration of emergency rule in a state, holding a chunk of the country’s oil infrastructure.
The group urged Nigerians to note how Fubara in his state-wide broadcast, acknowledged Tinubu’s noble role in successfully brokering a peace process which led to all the parties accepting to bury their hatchet in the interest of the good people of the oil-rich state.
“The implication of that comment is that it was within the period of the emergency rule that peace was brokered contrary to the position of those who insisted that there was no basis for the presidential proclamation.
“We, however, express hope that, as the governor said, hard lessons have been learnt and that all the parties would put the politics behind them to ensure that peace and stability truly return to Rivers,” the TMSG said.
The group also urged all the political stakeholders who were fanning the crisis to allow peace to reign in the state.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Yinusa Ishola/Francis Onyeukwu