{"id":155059,"date":"2025-03-12T15:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike"},"modified":"2025-03-25T19:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T18:48:04","slug":"fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike","title":{"rendered":"Fubara can\u2019t visit Rivers Assembly Quarters uninvited \u2014 Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State cannot show up uninvited at the State House of Assembly Quarters after demolishing it in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made this statement during a media chat on Wednesday in Abuja, adding that Fubara should have waited for the Martins Amaewhule-led Assembly to approve his visit before turning up.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that Fubara was locked out of the quarters on Wednesday upon his arrival to re-present the 2025 budget, as directed by the assembly, following the Supreme Court\u2019s landmark verdict on 28 February 2025, which recognised Amaewhule as the Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n<p>Amaewhule and over 20 lawmakers are known to be loyal to Wike.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, who addressed reporters at the quarters, said he had communicated his plan to be there to Amaewhule.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Rivers State Government shared a letter notifying the House of the governor\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you write a letter to the Assembly, won\u2019t you wait for a response? He is playing to the gallery. He has brought television crews to create a spectacle. You know it\u2019s wrong. Can the president now simply stand up and go to the National Assembly? Who does that?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brought down the Assembly Complex. The Assembly now sits in their residence. If you are coming, they have children; they will say the governor is coming today, so they have to prepare themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot just go and open the gate and say: \u2018I\u2019m coming to present the budget.\u2019 Nonsense. Rubbish. Who does that? Playing to the gallery. Nobody will accept that,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State cannot show up uninvited at the State House of Assembly Quarters after demolishing it in December 2023. Wike made this statement during a media chat on Wednesday in Abuja, adding that Fubara should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[10074,254,3126,454],"class_list":["post-155059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-fubara","tag-nigeria","tag-rivers-assembly","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fubara can\u2019t visit Rivers Assembly Quarters uninvited \u2014 Wike - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers Stat ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fubara can\u2019t visit Rivers Assembly Quarters uninvited \u2014 Wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers Stat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-12T14:59:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T18:48:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741782983.534063.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1154\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fubara can\u2019t visit Rivers Assembly Quarters uninvited \u2014 Wike\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-12T14:59:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T18:48:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741782983.534063.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fubara\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rivers Assembly\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fubara-cant-visit-rivers-assembly-quarters-uninvited-wike\",\"name\":\"Fubara can\u2019t visit Rivers Assembly Quarters uninvited \u2014 Wike - 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