{"id":155071,"date":"2025-03-12T16:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-crisis-wike-gives-fubara-two-conditions-for-peace"},"modified":"2025-03-25T19:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T18:49:27","slug":"rivers-crisis-wike-gives-fubara-two-conditions-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-crisis-wike-gives-fubara-two-conditions-for-peace","title":{"rendered":"Rivers crisis: Wike gives Fubara two conditions for peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that for peace to return in the state, the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, must do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Fubara must represent the 2025 budget to the State Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule, and also resubmit the names of his commissioners for clearance.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, said that there is no way Fubara will have peace without doing the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is peace? What is important is, let the right thing be done. When the right things are done, there will be peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if the right thing is not done, how would you say you want peace? Peace is predicated on doing the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo and re-present the budget, go and submit the list of the commissioners. You cannot do illegality,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Wike narrated how he picked Governor Siminalayi Fubara for the position despite some politicians of Ijaw extraction kicking against the decision.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that Ijaws are minority in Rivers State and the Niger Delta, and stand no chance of becoming governors in any other state in the region apart from Bayelsa.<\/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. A former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that for peace to return in the state, the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, must do the right thing. 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