Power Is Power As Rivers State LGA Staff Receive Salaries Without Impute From Council Chairmen.

Secondus, Omehia & Fubara.

 Today without noise the Rivers State Government has paid directly to Staff of the various local government councils, through the Local Government service commission & their principal officers without the input of the local government Chairmen.

More interesting to note is that those of the Emohua Council that were unconstitutionally sacked by HON CHIDI LLOYD the outgoing chairman of the Emohua Local Government without the ratification of the Local Government Service commission a body responsible for such exercise, have all received 3 months salaries with a promise by the Governor to cover the remaining months they were deliberately and wickedly deprived of their salaries.

The actions of Governor Sim has shown that, he has fully assumed office as the Executive Governor of Rivers State and is relishing on the powers of his office that he is effortlessly channeling to the welfare of Rivers people and not an infinitesimal or miniscule political class.

It'll be widespread joy as Rivers people are waiting to peacefully escort the present crop of serving Local Government Chairmen out of office on the 17th of June 2023 which is the expiration of their constitutional 3years of 1term, some of whom allowed service to themselves and servicing of a wicked structure take centre-stage than service to the people and staff of Local Government Areas. Let it be known that Rivers people are ready to match them and their threats of mayhem after seeking a purported and unconstitutional extension of office by 6 months from a non existent Assembly members. 

(1)You'll recall that, when the political imbroglio that rocked Rivers State Started, that saw some Local Government Chairmen who hitherto had no voice of their own suddenly started challenging GOVERNOR SIM, recklessly & disrespectfully fixed words against him and some openly trampled on the rights of those who were brave enough to declare support for the Governor.

(2)Some Chairmen moved by useless loyalty and wickedness, went as far as seizing the salaries of political appointees and elected councillors under them because of their support for Sim, which eventually gave room to state wild call for  Governor Sim to rise and act in defence of his supporters against these sworn political fundamentalists and undemocratic characters.

(3)As has been the common practice in the State for the last 8years, though undeserving of an Executive Office, Rivers people wanted the Governor to talk tough like his predecessor did against his sworn detractors  acting as Council chairmen,because we have been so wired to believe that any form of decency or decorum is weakness, but little did they know that, there is a lot strength in demonstrating calmness in the mist of Chaos.

(4)The reason behind the window of calmness by GOVERNOR SIM which has since elapsed is not farfetched, as he said that all these while he applied restraint because he felt it was a minor family issue that'll be resolved internally as family, but surprisingly his supposed family members have taken his silence for weakness and have gone ahead to sabotage his efforts through unguided statements, mayhem unleashed on his supporters, and the purported whittling down of the powers that makes him a Governor.

(5)Little did these characters know that the Governor was just approaching issues unconventionally for the interest of Rivers State, as he wouldn't want to engage any of them in gutter words as he was being preempted to but today the chicken have come home to roast.

We once warned some of these misfits called Chairmen that, GOVERNOR SIM should not be goaded into exercising the immense authority of his office to the fullest but they called our bluff, that has given rise to "JUNGLE DON MATURE.

Truly the jungle don mature in Rivers State.

Written by By Ezebunwo Ichemati.