Fubara never invited us for roundtable talk – Rivers Assembly

Rivers State House of Assembly has denied claims that it turned down several invitations from Governor Siminalayi Fubara for a roundtable talk.

Ekwutosblog reports that following the latest move by the assembly members to impeach the governor and his deputy, stakeholders have questioned why Fubara failed to meet with the lawmakers.

But some loyalists of the governor claimed that the governor had extended several invitations to the lawmakers but to no avail.

Immediate past Chairman of Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, Sir Igwu Achese in an interview on Friday claimed that on several occasions, the governor invited the lawmakers for dinner but they declined.

He said, “people keep asking why the governor is not able to call the assembly members for talk, for dinner and the rest of them.

“I will tell you that the governor has invited them not once, not twice to sit down with them on a roundtable but they all denied and refused to honour the invitations”.

However, when contacted by Ekwutosblog  on Saturday, the spokesperson of the assembly, Hon Enemi George denied the claim.

According to him, “no such invitation has ever happened. There was never a time The governor invited us for any discussion”.

Ekwutosblog reports that the assembly, in a post on its official Facebook on Thursday night, announced that it had served Fubara and the deputy governor, Mrs Odu, with the notice of impeacement.

Asked what is the next step after serving the notice, Enemi simply told Ekwutosblog  that “when we get there, we will know.