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Governor Fubara dissolves Rivers State Pensions Board.
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Accountant General’s office will oversee pension matters until a new board emerges.
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Ex-board members ordered to surrender all properties and assets.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the decision was announced in a Government Special Announcement issued on Friday evening in Port Harcourt by the State Head of Service, Mrs. Inyingi Brown.
According to the statement, the Office of the Accountant General of Rivers State will temporarily take over the functions of the board until a new one is constituted.
Although no reason was provided for the dissolution, the announcement directed all members of the former board to hand over properties and assets belonging to the board to its Director of Administration.
The statement read in part, “The Executive Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board. Consequently, the Office of the Accountant General of Rivers State, henceforth, will handle the functions of the board. Members of the defunct board are by this notice advised to hand over all properties and assets of the board in their possession to the Director of Administration of the Board. His Excellency, the Executive Governor, will in due course constitute a new board to manage the affairs of pensions.”
This development comes days after Fubara was reinstated as governor following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to lift the state of emergency imposed on Rivers State on September 18.
