{"id":167704,"date":"2025-06-30T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-dont-touch-n1-48trn-budget-your-job-is-over-activist-tells-ibas"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:54:00","slug":"rivers-dont-touch-n1-48trn-budget-your-job-is-over-activist-tells-ibas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-dont-touch-n1-48trn-budget-your-job-is-over-activist-tells-ibas","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Don\u2019t touch N1.48trn budget, your job is over \u2014 Activist tells Ibas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rights activist Celestine Akpobari has said that the job of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtrd) as the Sole Administrator of Rivers state is over.<\/p>\n<p>This remark follows the truce reached by hitherto warring political actors in Rivers State \u2013 Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his predecessor Nyesom Wike; and the state assembly members.<\/p>\n<p>Akpobari, who is a member of the Governing Council of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, stated this on Monday when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief programme.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned Ibas against touching the N1,485,662,592,442 2025 Rivers State Appropriation Bill approved by the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The activist also called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately lift the emergency rule imposed on the oil-rich state and restore Governor Fubara.<\/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. Rights activist Celestine Akpobari has said that the job of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtrd) as the Sole Administrator of Rivers state is over. This remark follows the truce reached by hitherto warring political actors in Rivers State \u2013 Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his predecessor Nyesom Wike; and the state assembly members. 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