Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has mocked Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) handling of the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State. Akpabio who recognised Martins Amaewhule at the event held in Port Harcourt, yesterday, as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, reminded Fubara how independently powerful the legislature is. He was the Special Guest of Honour at the Public Lecture and Book Launch organised to mark the Birthday of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt.
The lecture titled ‘Pragmatic Strides of a Visionary Leader and Contemporary Issues of Society’, attracted thousands of Wike’s loyalists, friends and associates from different parts of the country and various walks of life. The event was organised by the NEW Associates, a new political movement coined from the initials of the minister’s names, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike. Speaking at the event, Akpabio said every wise governor or president like President Bola Tinubu must fashion a way to hold the leadership of the legislature closely.
Akpabio said he realised as a governor in Akwa Ibom State that a governor could only be hurt by the House of Assembly and fashioned out ways to work with the Speaker during his tenure. He said: “For those of you, who may not understand politics, we were taught that the parliament can turn a woman into a man and a man into a woman. As a gove.
