Rivers State House of Assembly members have been called upon to make themselves available on Wednesday March 19 to receive the 2025 budget presentation by governor Siminalayi Fubara.
A coalition of concerned civil servants in Rivers State and the Rivers Solidarity for Good Governance made call in Port Harcourt Tuesday stressing that failure by the legislators to do so, will lead to a massive protest in the State.
“Your blatant disregard for the urgent needs of our state has placed critical contracts and salaries at risk,” said the civil servants led by Opu-Oyibo Lilly-West during a press conference.
“By choosing spectacle over service, you have endangered the future of our public institutions and betrayed the trust of every citizen who depends on a stable, functioning government.
“The collective might of the civil service and the distressed voices of our people will rise in defiant protest against this gross negligence. This is not a threat—it is a promise of action.”
Calling for an end to what they described as “empty rhetoric,” the groups urged the state assembly to abandon “farcical games” and fulfill its obligations.
