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President Bola Tinubu has agreed to reinstate the suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
The Eastern Updates reported that the resolution of the crisis came during a meeting between Tinubu and the aggrieved parties at the Presidential Villa, Abuja late last night.
However, The Cable reported that Fubara’s reinstatement is to come with four conditions.
According to the report: Fubara will be reinstated to complete his four-year tenure but must not seek a second term in 2027
Also, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike would be allowed to nominate all the local government chairpersons across the 23 local governments in the state.
Fubara was said to have agreed to pay all outstanding allowances and entitlements owed to the 27 lawmakers loyal to the FCT Minister. The lawmakers were before now suspended from the state assembly.
In addition to the above, the lawmakers will not initiate any impeachment proceedings against the governor when reinstated by Tinubu.
President Bola Tinubu has signed four tax reform bills into law, signalling what he described as a bold new era of economic governance in the country.
The President signed the bills in the presence of principal officers of the National Assembly, including Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, among others.
Tinubu explained that the reforms will go beyond streamlining tax codes.
According to him, the reforms are meant to deliver the first major, pro-people tax cuts in a generation.
Specifically, he said they will provide targeted relief for low-income earners, small businesses and families working hard to make ends meet.
The four bills, which are now Acts, are the Nigeria Tax Bill (Fair Taxation), Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill.
