Ibas disclosed this while answering questions from newsmen through his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Hector Igbikiowubu, saying it was understandable that, having been away from the business of legislation for a while, the lawmakers were merely trying to make an effort to discharge their functions.

Ibas, who left office after President Bola Tinubu lifted emergency rule in the oil-rich state, said any probe targeting his administration would amount to probing the President and the National Assembly that appointed and supervised him.

Recall that the Rivers State House of Assembly, presided over by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, during its first plenary after the end of emergency rule,  said it would investigate the state expenditure during the six months of emergency rule.

According to the resolutions of the House, “To explore the process of knowing what transpired during the emergency rule with regard to spending from the consolidated revenue fund for the award of contracts and other expenditure.”

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According to an analysis of FAAC data from the National Bureau of Statistics and other sources, Rivers State received at least N254.37bn from the Federation Account Allocation Committee during the tenure of the sole administrator.

The data show Rivers took home N44.66bn in March, N44.42bn in April, N42.80bn in May and N42.30bn in June, according to NBS.

Source: Punch