Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has ordered the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board.
In a statement issued Friday evening in Port Harcourt by the State Head of Service, Mrs. Inyingi Brown, the governor directed that the Office of the Accountant General will temporarily assume the board’s functions until a new one is constituted.
The directive also ordered members of the dissolved board to hand over all properties and assets in their possession to the Board’s Director of Administration.
The statement read in part:
“The Executive Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board. Consequently, the Office of the Accountant General of Rivers State, henceforth, will handle the functions of the Board. Members of the defunct board are by this notice advised to hand over all properties and assets of the board in their possession to the Director of Administration of the Board. His Excellency, the Executive Governor, will in due course constitute a new board to manage the affairs of Pensions.”
No official reason was given for the dissolution.
This marks Governor Fubara’s first major directive since his reinstatement by President Bola Tinubu on September 18, signaling what could be the beginning of significant administrative changes in the state.
