Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has reacted to the news circulating on social media to the effect that he has threatened to shut down NNPCL and oil companies in the state in the wake of the court ruling withholding its federal allocation.
A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Joe Johnson reads:
*RE: RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR SIM FUBARA SHUTS DOWN NNPCL
The attention of Rivers State Government has been drawn to a spurious news item circulating on social media on “Gov. Siminalayi Fubara shutting down NNPCL and all oil companies in Rivers State”.
The report was not only false, but a concocted propaganda from the imagination of the author and enemies of the State. The story was also circulated by an inconsequential and unverified medium.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara is committed to the rule of law and does not rely on unconventional and crude approaches to respond to matters of governance.
We, therefore, enjoin Rivers people and well-meaning Nigerians to discountenance the spurious and fake report as Governor Fubara at no time contemplated and/or directed such needless order of shutting down the economy for any reason.
Signed
Warisenibo Joe Johnson
Hon. Commissioner for Information and Communications
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