The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, retired Vice Admiral
Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has said the proposed N1.48 trillion 2025 budget envisages
the return of suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other political office
folders.
Ibas disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday while defending
the budget before the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State
Oversight.
According to him, the proposed budget aligns with the
strategic objectives of the River State Development Plan 2017-2027.
He also noted that the proposal presents a strategic and
integrated framework designed to raise revenues and accelerate infrastructure
development, enhance human capital, and promote inclusive economic growth
across all sectors.
“In anticipation of the eventual return to constitutional
order, the draft budget prudently retains provisions for the offices and
functions of suspended political actors, some of whom have already drawn on
allocated resources in the first quarter and are expected to resume their
duties at the expiration of the emergency period,” the sole administrator said.
However, Ibas accused officials of the state government of
failing to furnish his administration with adequate information to
comprehensively capture all expenditures.
Recall that on March 18, President Bola Tinubu declared a
state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Fubara and other officials for six
months.
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