Fubara dissolves Rivers pensions board, assigns duties to accountant-general’s office

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has dissolved the state pensions board with immediate effect.

The pensions board was inaugurated by Ibok-Ete Ibas, former Rivers sole administrator, on September 12.

In a statement on Friday, Inyingi Brown, head of service, said the office of the accountant-general will take over the board’s responsibilities until a new one is formed.

The announcement, issued in Port Harcourt, directed members of the dissolved board to hand over all assets and documents in their possession to the director of administration.

No reason was given for the dissolution.

“The executive governor of Rivers state, His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board,” the statement reads.

“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.”

The dissolution is Fubara’s first major directive since his reinstatement by President Bola Tinubu on September 17.