{"id":131424,"date":"2023-12-15T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T09:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/15\/ex-rivers-governorsll-intervene-in-political-crisis-ex-gov-george\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T09:30:27","slug":"ex-rivers-governorsll-intervene-in-political-crisis-ex-gov-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/15\/ex-rivers-governorsll-intervene-in-political-crisis-ex-gov-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Rivers Governors&#8217;ll Intervene In Political Crisis \u2013 Ex-Gov., George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-903367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231215-080719_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Rufus Ada-George\" width=\"1078\" height=\"850\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Rufus Ada-George, former Rivers State Governor, has posited that ex-Governors of the State will weigh in on the political crisis in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Ada-Geoge stated that the former Governors would use their knowledge to make the warring parties end hostility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hopeful that with the experience we have and the knowledge of the persons involved, the former governors will be able to prevail on them and see reasons why the case must be handled and tackled soonest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, when the crisis erupted in October, the former governors tried to reach out to the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>While contact was made with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the elder statesman said they have not been able to speak with ex-Governor Nyesom Wike who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: \u2018It\u2019s Unconstitutional\u2019 \u2014 APC Faults Fubara\u2019s Budget Presentation To Four Rivers Lawmakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made efforts and reached out to the governor [Siminalayi Fubara] but we have not been able to have personal contact with the minister of the FCT,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ada-George, however, maintained that stakeholders in the state are \u201cstill hopeful\u201d that the crisis will be resolved soonest.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as four commissioners in the Fubara cabinet resigned, citing various reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner for Works, George-Kelly Alabo who served in the same capacity under Wike\u2019s government and the Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Commissioner, Inime Aguma as well as their Finance counterpart Isaac Kamalu were the latest to pull out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-547384042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rufus Ada-George, former Rivers State Governor, has posited that ex-Governors of the State will weigh in on the political crisis in the State. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Ada-Geoge stated that the former Governors would use their knowledge to make the warring parties end hostility. \u201cWe are hopeful that with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Rivers Governors&#039;ll Intervene In Political Crisis \u2013 Ex-Gov., George - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/15\/ex-rivers-governorsll-intervene-in-political-crisis-ex-gov-george\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-Rivers Governors&#039;ll Intervene In Political Crisis \u2013 Ex-Gov., George - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rufus Ada-George, former Rivers State Governor, has posited that ex-Governors of the State will weigh in on the political crisis in the State. 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