The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retired), and other key functionaries are to appear before the Joint National Assembly Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee Emergency Rule in Rivers State to defend the state’s ₦1.48 trillion 2025 budget.
The Leader of the Senate/Chairman Senate Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee Emergency Rule in Rivers State, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central disclosed this at the inaugural meeting of the committee in the New Senate Wing, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
The inaugural meeting was attended by the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Tahir Munguno; Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Peter Nwebonyi; Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Adamu Aliero; Chairman, of Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa; Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru and Chairperson, Senate Committee on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Senator Oluranti Adebule.
A statement on Tuesday by the upper chamber in Abuja, said the Senate assured Nigerians that it was determined to ensure the people of Rivers State “are not shortchanged due to the declaration of emergency rule by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on March 18”.
President Bola Tinubu had last week written the Senate and the House of Representatives, seeking the consideration and approval of ₦1.48 trillion Appropriation bill for Rivers State, citing the ongoing state of emergency imposed in the oil-rich state since March 2025.
