The Rivers State House of Assembly has rejected four commissioner nominees submitted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara following a screening exercise held on Monday in Port Harcourt.

During the plenary session, lawmakers considered nine nominees forwarded by the governor for appointment into the state executive council.

At the end of the screening, the Assembly confirmed five nominees: Mr. Tonye Bellgam, Professor Temple Nwofor, Dr. Peters Nwagor, Mr. Lekue Kenneth, and Sir Amairigha Edward Hart.

However, four nominees—Professor Datonye Alasia, Mrs. Charity Deemua, Tamuno Williams, and Otonye TKD Amachree—were rejected by the lawmakers.

The reasons for the rejection were not immediately disclosed at the time of filing this report.

Under Nigeria’s constitutional provisions, commissioner nominees must be screened and confirmed by the State House of Assembly before they can be formally appointed into the State Executive Council.

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