Tinubu to lift Rivers State emergency rule once stability returns – Minister assures

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has assured that President Bola Tinubu will lift the emergency rule in Rivers State once governance and stability are fully restored.

In a recent interview, Idris clarified that the decision was not politically driven but was necessary to address the governance breakdown in the state.

“As soon as he assesses that sanity has returned to Rivers State, he will ensure the restoration of all democratic structures,” Idris stated, emphasizing that Tinubu “will not wait a minute longer than necessary.”

Dismissing concerns of a political takeover, the minister reiterated, “The president has no intention whatsoever to take over the governance of Rivers State. He has no intention to be or to appoint a governor for Rivers State.”

According to Idris, the emergency rule was implemented as a constitutional measure to address the collapse of governance, ensuring the proper functioning of all arms of government.

“The way democracy is designed in this country is that the three arms of government must work together, and one will be checking the other,” he explained. “So, we cannot have just the executive functioning and say we have a functional democracy. We didn’t have that, and therefore, the president had to act.”