Cabinet of Siminalayi Fubara

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Fubara Cabinet
Cabinet of Rivers State
29 May 2023
Date formedMay 29, 2023 (2023-05-29)
Date dissolvedsuspended on 18 March 2025
People and organisations
Governor Siminalayi Fubara
Governor's historyState Accountant General (2020–2022)
Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu
History
Election 2023 governorship election
Advice and consent Rivers State House of Assembly
Predecessor Nyesom Wike cabinet

Siminalayi Fubara assumed office as the 5th governor of Rivers State on 23 May 2023 until his suspension on 18 March 2025. The governor has the authority to nominate members of his executive council to the Rivers State House of Assembly for confirmation under the section 192 (1) of the Constitution of Nigeria. [1]

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The Executive council of Rivers State, also known as the Governor's Cabinet is the highest administrative authority in the state. It comprises the Governor, Deputy Governor, the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff, Commissioners, and Special Advisers. They are responsible for advising and assisting the governor. A member of the cabinet can be dismissed or reappointed at the governor's will. [2]

This article documents the nomination and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful Cabinet nominees of Fubara's administration. They are listed in order of creation of the Cabinet position (also used as the basis for the state line of succession).

Cabinet

As of 29 May 2023 [3] [4] [a]

As of 27 June 2023 [5]

Elected officials

Governor

Siminalayi Fubara defeated Nigerian billionaire businessman and APC nominee, Tonye Cole, in the 2023 Rivers State gubernatorial election, receiving 302,614 votes compared to Cole's 95,274 votes in the election. The two other candidates were Nigerian senator and SDP nominee Magnus Ngei Abe and LP's Beatrice Itubo, who received 46,981 and 22,224 votes respectively. The formal certification of the results by INEC took place on 18 March 2023. [6] He assumed office on 29 May 2023. [7]

Governor of Rivers State
PortraitNameDate of birthBackgroundReference
Governor siminalayi Fubara 10 (cropped).jpg Siminalayi Fubara January 28, 1975
  • Accountant General of Rivers State (2020–2022)
 [8]

Deputy governor

All of the members of the executive council are appointed by the Governor of Rivers State and confirmed by the State House of Assembly with the exception of the deputy governor. [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The four commissioners were retained after the succession of Governor Fubara from Nyesom Wike. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Do state govts in Nigeria need commissioners?", vanguard, 2012-12-01, retrieved 2025-09-17
  2. 1 2 "The Executives". The Government of Rivers State. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  3. 1 2 Naku, Dennis (2023-05-31). "Fubara retains four Wike's commissioners". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  4. ↑ Edozie, Victor (2023-05-31). "Rivers Governor Swears in Commissioners 48 hours after..." Daily Trust. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Rivers: Gov. Fubara assigns portfolios to 14 commissioners". PMNews Nigeria. 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  6. ↑ "Rivers State Governorship election result 2023: Siminialayi Fubara win Tonye Cole, Magnus Abe and odas". BBC News Pidgin. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  7. ↑ Naku, Dennis (2025-05-29). "May 29: Fubara recommits to peace, pledges to rebuild Rivers". The Punch. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  8. ↑ Njuguna, Ciku (2024-09-09). "Siminalayi Fubara's biography: age, wife, education and origin". Legit.ng. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
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