Finally SIM Fubara dissolves Rivers Pension Board constituted by Ibas

The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dissolved the Rivers State Pensions Board with immediate effect.

The governor said the office of the State Accountant General will handle the functions of the Board until a new board is constituted.

This was contained in a Government Special Announcement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday evening by the State Head of Service, Mrs Inyingi Brown and obtained by our correspondent.

The four-paragraph statement directed members of the former board to hand over all properties and assets of the board in their possession to the Director of Administration of the Board.

The statement reads, “The Executive Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board.

“Consequently, the Office of the Accountant General of Rivers State, henceforth, will handle the functions of the Board.

“Members of the defunct board are by this notice advised to hand over all properties and assets of the board in their possession to the Director of Administration of the Board.

“His Excellency, the Executive Governor, will in due course constitute a new board to manage the affairs of Pensions.”

PUNCH Online reports that this is the first major action or directive the governor has taken since his reinstatement by President Bola Tinubu on September 18.