By Kamsi Anayo
Gov. Simi Fubara of Rivers State, has dissolved the state’s Executive Council, with a directive for commissioners to hand over to the “most senior officers in their ministries with immediate effect.”
This comes days after the latest round of peace process between Fubara and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), mediated by President Bola Tinubu, began in Abuja.
A statement, signed by Onwuka Nzeshi, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in the evening of Feb. 12, said “the Governor, has therefore directed all Commissioners and Special Advisers to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries or the most Senior officers in their Ministries with immediate effect.”
Nzeshi said the governor further expressed “his deepest appreciation to the outgoing members of the Executive Council wishing them the best in their future endeavours.”
The dissolution of the cabinet, however, has been interpreted as part of the broader realignment expected to produce a more inclusive executive council reflecting the new political understanding between camps loyal to the governor and Wike.
Analysts suggest the move may open the door for the reconstitution of the cabinet to accommodate loyalists from both political blocs, thereby stabilising governance and restoring cohesion within the state’s political leadership.
While details of the reconciliation terms have not been made public, the development is being seen as a strategic reset aimed at ending months of acrimony and restoring administrative focus.
With the executive council now dissolved, attention turns to the Governor’s next move — particularly the composition of a new cabinet and whether it will cement the fragile peace forged at the highest level of the Presidency.
