The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed not to stop members of the Rivers State House Assembly from performing their function.

The state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been having running battles with the 27 members of the assembly loyal to Mr Wike.

On Wednesday the lawmakers locked out the governor from representing the 2025 budget as ordered by the Supreme Court.

Similarly, on Friday the house adjourned its sittings after the governor had written to the Speaker informing the House of his intentions to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
But speaking at a Thanksgiving ceremony organised by some Ijaw stakeholders in Abalama in Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Mr Wike lambasted the governor for ditching his advice to align himself with those he tagged as ‘ingrates.’.
“The primaries came [PDP primaries]. Today, the governor said he was not going to run and that my Commissioner of Finance, Isaac Kamalu, should be the one to run.
“What did we do wrong? We said all the council chairmen suffered. All the assemblymen suffered. National Assemblymen suffered for you to become governor. Therefore, don’t abandon them.
“That was the only offence I committed, and then they said every time I’m asking for money. Which money am I asking for? Okay, thank you. Has the money come?
“Those they are sharing the money to, how far? What I always tell people to remember yesterday. A man is bad, a man is a crook, a man is a criminal, but it was that criminal, it was that crook who said come, take against all odds. If I hated the Ijaw people, I would not have conceded to it, and nothing would have happened, but because of my principle of living and letting live.
“If you watch all those around the governor, they are people who are natural ingrates. Only those who believe that they cannot appreciate and thank God for any good thing will associate themselves. I told the governor that all these things you are seeing are not good for you to face this crisis. But they told him, You’re governor; you have money. I agree. Money is not everything. All these people don’t have anything to offer. See where we are now. How far!”
The minister maintained that he remained unperturbed over regularly hurled insults at him by the supporters of the governor.
“It is not to abuse us. You can abuse me as much as you want, and let me tell you, I have never bothered myself because abuse does not kill anybody. What is important is the result. Is it not?
“Who has high blood pressure now? Not them? We we dey sit down dey enjoy. They have high blood pressure. This is what I was avoiding. I said, Look, don’t go through this route. They told you to seize assembly members’ salaries and allowances for more than one year.
“These people have no income to pay their children’s school fees or feed their families, and you were jubilating. People were encouraging you, and nothing will happen. Something has happened.
“And let me tell you I’m not going to stop the assembly from performing their constitutional duty. The assembly should be allowed to perform its constitutional duty. People who love peace don’t threaten people.
“Assembly people should do their work. Whatever they deem necessary that is constitutional, they should do. I’m not going to stop anybody from carrying out his or her powers. I will not do that.”

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