{"id":104543,"date":"2023-12-19T09:22:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T08:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-crisis-tinubu-was-ready-to-take-hard-action-if-resolution-failed-presidency"},"modified":"2023-12-19T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:26:58","slug":"rivers-crisis-tinubu-was-ready-to-take-hard-action-if-resolution-failed-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-crisis-tinubu-was-ready-to-take-hard-action-if-resolution-failed-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Rivers crisis: Tinubu was ready to take hard action if resolution failed \u2013 Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Presidency, through its spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, has said President Bola Tinubu was fully ready and equipped to take a very hard action had the crisis rocking Rivers State politics not been resolved on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>He said the President\u2019s motive in intervening in the matter is not a political one.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his immediate predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday evening, agreed to end the political crisis rocking the state.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was reached after President Tinubu and other stakeholders met with the two warring factions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on TV after the resolution was signed, Ngelale said the President acted as the father of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe motive of the President in this case is clearly not a political one. He\u2019s the father of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. It\u2019s his primary responsibility to ensure that there\u2019s peace, stability and security in all parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he sees that peace is breaking down in any part of the country, this is a President that will take action. But nobody should be mistaken, His Excellency, Mr President, was fully ready and equipped to take a very hard action if this resolution was not reached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it is of great relief to the Rivers people and Nigerians at large that a resolution has been reached.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Presidency, through its spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, has said President Bola Tinubu was fully ready and equipped to take a very hard action had the crisis rocking Rivers State politics not been resolved on Monday evening. He said the President\u2019s motive in intervening in the matter is not a political one. 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