The Rivers State House of Assembly, loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has scheduled the screening of Commissioner-nominee Danagogo Iboroma for Monday, May 13, 2024.
This development comes after the resignation of Zacchaeus Adangor, the former State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, who stepped down after refusing his new assignment to the State Ministry of Special Duties.
News About Nigeria reports that the screening session, aimed at confirming Iboroma’s potential for Adangor’s former role, was officially announced in a letter from the factional Clerk of the House, Dr. G.M. Gillis-West.
The letter instructed Iboroma to present himself at the Rivers State House of Assembly, located in the Administrative Block of the Government House in Port Harcourt.
The letter read, “The Rivers State House of Assembly hereby invites the following commissioner-nominee for screening and confirmation as a member of the Rivers State Executive Council. Danagogo I Iboroma, SAN.”
Iboroma is expected to bring “10 sets of his Curriculum Vitae, photocopies of his credentials, and the original,” as per the notification.
Recall that Adangor, a professor, resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet hours after he was redeployed to the Ministry of Special Duties.
In his resignation letter, Adangor accused Governor Fubara of interfering with his duties as Attorney General.
“It is important to mention that the Governor of Rivers State had in the past couple of weeks willfully interfered with the performance of my duties as the Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Rivers State, by directing me not to defend, oppose, or appear in suits instituted against the Honourable Attorney General and the Government of Rivers State by persons admittedly hired and sponsored by the Government of Rivers State,” Adango said.
Governor Fubara had announced a “minor” cabinet reshuffle, where two commissioners loyal to ex-Governor Nyesom Wike were moved from two key government ministries to new ones. The second commissioner, Isaac Kamalu, who was in charge of the Ministry of Finance, was moved to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.
