Why We Rejected Gov Fubara’s N100,000 Christmas Bonus –Rivers Lawmakers
Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Tuesday disclosed that although they had gotten deposit alert of N100,000 each as Christmas bonus from the state government, they had however returned the money to government coffers immediately.
The Christmas bonus approved by Governor Siminialayi Fubara was according to the lawmakers unsolicited while accusing the governor of allegedly directing the release of funds without due process.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Governor Fubara had directed that N100,000 should be paid to civil servants and some public office holders in the state as Christmas bonus.
‘Today, the 30th day of December 2025, Honourable members of the 10th Rivers State House of Assembly received bank deposit alerts of the sum of one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) each. The said unsolicited and unapproved amount was transferred on the instructions of the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalaye Fubara GSSRS, to the personal bank accounts of members.
Upon discovery of these unsolicited and unapproved transfers, Honourable Members of the House took immediate steps to formally return the said funds to the bank account of the Rivers State Government.
As an institution established by law and guided strictly by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Rivers State House of Assembly maintains that all public expenditures must follow due process, including legislative approval.
The governor, since assumption of office in 2023, has consistently drawn from the consolidated revenue accounts of Rivers State without legislative approval, despite repeated warnings from the House, judgment of the Supreme Court and in defiance of the Constitution and principles of separation of powers.
Therefore, with the leave of Mr Speaker and the entire House, I use this medium to once again, draw the attention of all staff of the Rivers State Government who have been conniving with the governor and others to contravene the Constitution and the laws of Rivers State to the fact that we have become aware of their unlawful conduct’ Chairman, Committee on Information, Petitions and Complaints, Hon. Enemi Alabo George submitted in a statement he issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
