Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has dissolved the State Pensions Board with immediate effect. He directed the State Accountant General’s office to temporarily take over the board’s duties until a new one is set up.
The order was contained in a government statement released on Friday in Port Harcourt by the Head of Service, Mrs. Inyingi Brown. It instructed members of the dissolved board to hand over all assets and documents to the board’s Director of Administration. No official reason was given for the action.
“The Office of the Accountant General of Rivers State, henceforth, will handle the functions of the Board,” the statement read, adding that the governor will announce a new board in due course.
The move is Fubara’s first major directive since his return to office on September 18. His comeback followed the lifting of a six-month emergency rule declared by President Bola Tinubu after violent political clashes rocked the state earlier in March.
During the emergency period, Tinubu suspended democratic structures and installed a sole administrator to run the state, a decision that drew widespread criticism. Fubara’s latest action is seen as a step in reasserting control of his administration.