Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has ordered the immediate dissolution of the state’s Pensions Board, less than three weeks after it was inaugurated.
The directive was announced on Friday in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by Inyingi Brown, the state’s Head of Service.
While no reason was provided for the dissolution, the move has raised questions over the abrupt termination of a board that was only recently set up under the former sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, on September 12.
According to the statement, the responsibilities of the defunct board will now be temporarily handled by the Office of the Accountant-General of Rivers State, pending the formation of a new board.
All members of the dissolved board have been instructed to handover all official documents and property in their custody to the Director of Administration without delay.
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The statement reads: “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.”
The dissolution is Fubara’s first major directive since his reinstatement by President Bola Tinubu on September 17.
