{"id":179593,"date":"2025-09-19T08:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-people-excited-about-fubaras-return"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:08:27","slug":"rivers-people-excited-about-fubaras-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-people-excited-about-fubaras-return","title":{"rendered":"Rivers People Excited About Fubara&#8217;s Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>National Coordinator, South-South Elders Forum, Rivers State, Anabs Sara-Igbe, says the people of Rivers State are happy with the coming back of Governor Sim Fubara.<\/p>\n<p>Sara-Igbe, who made this statement on Thursday, while responding to questions in an interview on \u2018Prime Time\u2019, a programme on Arise Television, said the state has been on a standstill for the period the governor was away.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the governor had projects across the 23 local government areas of the state but were grounded for the past six months.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu suspended Fubara in March alongside his deputy and the state lawmakers following the declaration of state of emergency in the state.<\/p>\n<p>However, the emergency rule was lifted on Wednesday and the governor reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Sara-Igbe said, \u201cYou can see Rivers State people are so excited to see their governor because since he left, everything came to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are talking of Mr project, Sim Fubara is Mr project. He has projects across the whole state; there is no LG Fubara didn\u2019t have a project running, but for the past 6 months, they all came to a halt and we don\u2019t know what the Sole Administrator, Ibok Ekwe Ibas did with our money.\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. National Coordinator, South-South Elders Forum, Rivers State, Anabs Sara-Igbe, says the people of Rivers State are happy with the coming back of Governor Sim Fubara. 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