Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has explained that his visit to the residential quarters of the State House of Assembly was to undertake on-the-spot assessment of the condition of the structures for possible rehabilitation work, Africa Update reports.
A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nelson Chukwudi, on Thursday noted that the renovation work is needed to restore the quartets to a befitting state which will make them liveable.
Fubara has opined that a facelift of the Assembly quartets is necessary, particularly with the emergence of a new speaker.
He said, “Are the assembly quarters not part of my property? Is there anything wrong in going to check how things are going on there.
“You are aware of the developments. We have a new speaker, and I went there to see for myself how things are.
“There might be a few things I might want to do there for the good of our people.”
The governor, who took a walk around the facility, said that he decided to visit the place to get a better appreciation of what needs to be done to make the quarters conducive for lawmakers.
Recall that the pro-Fubara lawmakers on Wednesday elected the member representing Bonny Constituency, Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, as factional Speaker, while the member representing Ahead East, Hon. Sokari Goodboy was elected factional House Leader.
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