{"id":179456,"date":"2025-09-18T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adegboruwa-urges-tinubu-on-ibas-and-rivers-resources"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:08:33","slug":"adegboruwa-urges-tinubu-on-ibas-and-rivers-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adegboruwa-urges-tinubu-on-ibas-and-rivers-resources","title":{"rendered":"Adegboruwa Urges Tinubu on Ibas and Rivers Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Human rights lawyer, Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, has asked President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to explain to Nigerians how the immediate past Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, managed the state\u2019s resources when he served for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Adegboruwa made this call on Thursday, while responding to questions in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that Rivers, being one of the richest states in Nigeria, has resources, and therefore, Ibas should explain how he managed the resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, based on Section 305, those who have exercised oversight functions during the emergency period \u2014 the President, the Federal Executive Council, the National Assembly \u2014 should render a report to the people of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean Rivers is one of the richest states in Nigeria, there are resources there. Somebody acted for six months as a single individual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is his report? What did he do with the resources? What is the state of the handover? Those matters should become transparent to guide us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did he manage the resources of Rivers State? What were the decisions that he took? What did he leave behind?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians are entitled to know from the President, who was exercising oversight responsibility over the sole administrator from the National Assembly, in terms of accountability and transparency, how much was received within this period, and what it was used for,\u201d the lawyer stated.<\/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. Human rights lawyer, Ebun Adegboruwa, SAN, has asked President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly to explain to Nigerians how the immediate past Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, managed the state\u2019s resources when he served for six months. 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