BBy Gloria Ikibah
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), has snubbed the House of Representatives by his refusal to appear before the panel constituted by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to oversee the state.
Naijablitznews.com recalled that the Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight, had invited the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, to appear before it for a comprehensive interactive session Thursday, April 17, 2025, which he failed to honour.
The meeting, which followed the formal inauguration of the Committee by the Speaker Tajudee Abbas, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, was to provide a platform for Members to deliberate on preliminary reports and developments emerging from Rivers State since the Sole Administrator assumed office.
But Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas again failed to appear before the Committee despite the fact that he was in Abuja fornthe weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa.
Naijablitznews.com recalled6 that the Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee on the state oversight, Rep. Julius Ihonvbere, had fixed another meeting slated for Thursday 24th April, 2024, with the Ibas but he failed to honour the invitation without any communication.
The committee had initially fixed a meeting last week week Thursday but the Rivers Sole Administrator could not appear but requested for another date.
It was not stated if a formal letter of invitation was sent to Ibas and if he respo ded as the Ihonvbere-led Committee was silent on the details.
The Committee Chairman, Rep. Ihonvbere and other lawmakers were seen walking out of the committee room 301 of the House of Representatives Complex without even addressing the media on what was going on.
When asked by journalists on why the Sole Administrator of Rivers State did not honour the Committee’s invitation, the Chairman said, “No Comment”
The meeting between House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight and Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), sole administrator of the state has been postponed indefinitely.
