RESTRICTION ON ALLOCATION OF RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT IS A BREACH OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE ENTIRE PEOPLE OF RIVERS STATE

By ‘Tunji A bdulhameed Esq.

Court order restraining the CBN & others from releasing allocation from the Consolidated Revenue due to Rivers State is an attack not on Governor Fubara but attack on the entire people of Rivers State.

It is not the appropriate penalty or step to punish a governor alleged of breach of any provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended) . The appropriate step or penalty for any alleged infringement of constitution by a governor is to commence impeachment proceedings on the governor.

Restraining the account of the state is a breach of the fundamental rights of the entire citizen of Rivers State. It is a clog on the development or growth of the state because the salaries and entitlements of innocent citizens of Rivers State would not be paid, facilities and projects that will provide development or growth in the state would be abandoned and/or new projects would not be possible to put in place. This would create serious hardship on the people of Rivers State and not the governor.

The entire people of Rivers State and not only the Governor should be concerned or worried.

‘Tunji A bdulhameed Esq.