Rivers govt speaks on 'shutdown' of oil companies by Fubara

By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja

The Rivers Government has described claim that Governor Siminalayi Fubara has shut down operations of NNPCL and other oil companies operating in the state as false.

A trending online report had indicated that Fubara shut down the operations of the oil companies in retaliation for court judgment stopping allocation of funds from the consolidated revenue purse to his administration.

“The report was not only false, but a concocted propaganda from the imagination of the author and enemies of the State.

“The story was also circulated by an inconsequential and unverified medium,” Warisenibo Joe Johnson, Rivers
Commissioner for Information and Communications said in a statement on Thursday.

“Governor Siminalayi Fubara is committed to the rule of law and does not rely on unconventional and crude approaches to respond to matters of governance.

“We therefore enjoin Rivers people and well-meaning Nigerians to discountenance the spurious and fake report as Governor Fubara at no time contemplated and/or directed such needless order of shutting down the economy for any reason,” the statement concluded.

See full statement

RE: RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR SIM FUBARA SHUTS DOWN NNPCL

The attention of Rivers State Government has been drawn to a spurious news item circulating on social media on “Gov. Siminalayi Fubara shutting down NNPCL and all oil companies in Rivers State”.

The report was not only false, but a concocted propaganda from the imagination of the author and enemies of the State. The story was also circulated by an inconsequential and unverified medium.

Governor Siminalayi Fubara is committed to the rule of law and does not rely on unconventional and crude approaches to respond to matters of governance.

We therefore enjoin Rivers people and well-meaning Nigerians to discountenance the spurious and fake report as Governor Fubara at no time contemplated and/or directed such needless order of shutting down the economy for any reason.

Signed

Warisenibo Joe Johnson
Hon. Commissioner for Information and Communications