{"id":155923,"date":"2025-03-20T22:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:29:25","slug":"emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas","title":{"rendered":"Emergency rule: Tinubu commends Akpabio, Abbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu has lauded the National Assembly for its ratification of the state of emergency proclamation in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The President specifically commended the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and other principal officers and members, for prioritising the security and welfare of Rivers State people above partisan interests and other considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu described the approval as a critical step to restoring stability after a protracted political crisis in the state.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information &amp; Strategy).<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after the House of Representatives approved the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State despite stiff opposition from stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>The Senate also approved the State of Emergency in Rivers State as declared by Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The red chamber also approved the six-month suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, his Deputy and all elected members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tinubu said that the approval exemplified what the nation can achieve when unity of purpose and patriotism guide the action of leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the statement read: \u201cThe President specifically commended the National Assembly\u2019s leadership\u2014Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, other principal officers and members\u2014for prioritising the security and welfare of Rivers State people above partisan interests and other considerations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s decision exemplifies what our nation can achieve when unity of purpose and patriotism guide the action of leaders. We remain steadfast in pursuing a safer, more prosperous Nigeria\u2014one where every citizen\u2019s potential is safeguarded and nurtured.\u201d<\/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. President Bola Tinubu has lauded the National Assembly for its ratification of the state of emergency proclamation in Rivers State. The President specifically commended the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and other principal officers and members, for prioritising the security and welfare of Rivers State people above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[10373,621,5611,254,945],"class_list":["post-155923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-abbas","tag-akpabio","tag-emergency-rule","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"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>Emergency rule: Tinubu commends Akpabio, Abbas - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has lauded the National Assembly for its ratification of the state of emergency proclamation in Ri ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Emergency rule: Tinubu commends Akpabio, Abbas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has lauded the National Assembly for its ratification of the state of emergency proclamation in Ri ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-20T21:21:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T17:29:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742497966.501278.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"406\" \/>\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\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Emergency rule: Tinubu commends Akpabio, Abbas\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T21:21:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T17:29:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742497966.501278.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abbas\",\"Akpabio\",\"emergency rule\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/emergency-rule-tinubu-commends-akpabio-abbas\",\"name\":\"Emergency rule: Tinubu commends Akpabio, Abbas - 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