Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has reshuffled his cabinet, moving two allies of Nyesom Wike, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to other ministries.
The development comes 24 hours after the pro-Wike led Rivers House of Assembly overrode the governor’s assent and passed the Local Government (Amendment) Bill into law.
In a statement on Tuesday, Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Tammy Danagogo, announced that Fubara had redeployed Zacchaeus Adangor, Attorney-General and Justice Commissioner to the Ministry of Special Duties (Governor’s Office), while Isaac Kamalu, Finance Commissioner, was moved to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.
Danagogo directed the duo, who resigned in the heat of the Wike-Fubara rift, to hand over official documents related to their previous offices to their respective Permanent Secretaries, with immediate effect.
“All hand-over processes must be completed immediately,” the statement read.
