Former Rivers State lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of running a solo government.
Lloyd stated this during an interview with Arise News on Friday.
He claimed that Fubara has no commissioners in his administration.
“Nobody has bothered to find out that the governor of Rivers State is running a solo government because, one, he has no commissioners, two, he has no appropriation,” he said.
His comments comes amidst heavy backlash towards the Federal High Court’s judgement, which prevents the Central Bank of Nigeria from disbursing funds to Rivers State.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had earlier vowed to halt all duties performed by its members if the judgement is not reversed.
However, Lloyd urged the National Assembly to consider legislation that would criminalise disparaging remarks about judicial officers
He said, “It’s unfortunate that we have reduced to the situation where people, freely, cast aspersions on the judicial officers.
“I want to plead with the National Assembly to kindly consider a legislation that criminalises aspersions on judicial officers because they must be protected.”
Speaking on the alleged defections of certain lawmakers, Lloyd asserted that the actions of Martins Amaewhule and his colleagues did not constitute defection, stating, “A mere announcement on the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly of their preference for the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not amount, in the law, to defection.”