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RV · South South · Capital: Port Harcourt
Rivers
Siminalayi Fubara
APC · in office since 2023 · born Opobo/Nkoro, 1975
Education: Rivers State University (Accounting); ICAN.
Career: Former Accountant-General of Rivers State.
Budget (recorded)
₦1.854T
Total Debt
₦354.64B
Active Projects
187
Transparency
48/100
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⚡ Key challenges on record
- Emergency rule: Tinubu suspended Fubara, deputy and assembly Mar 2025; reinstated 18 Sep 2025 after six months; Sole Administrator Ibok-Ekwe Ibas in between · 2025
- Defected from PDP to APC after the crisis; will not seek a second term — endorsed APC's O.K. Chinda as preferred successor · 2026
- Constitutional crisis with Wike faction — assembly impeachment threats, court orders · 2023–
- State of Emergency declared by President Tinubu, briefly suspended · 2025
🏗️ Projects in Rivers
187 tracked projects — completed, ongoing and abandoned.
Progress since taking office
- Continuation of Trans-Kalabari road project
- Free WAEC/NECO fees for public-school students
- FAAC: ₦295.99bn net, Jan–Jun 2026 — 3rd highest of any state
- Real Madrid Football Academy partnership in Port Harcourt
Controversies & allegations
- Source: Multiple outlets ↗verifiedEmergency rule: Tinubu suspended Fubara, deputy and assembly Mar 2025; reinstated 18 Sep 2025 after six months; Sole Administrator Ibok-Ekwe Ibas in between2025
- Source: Atlantic Digest ↗verifiedDefected from PDP to APC after the crisis; will not seek a second term — endorsed APC's O.K. Chinda as preferred successor2026
- Source: TheCable ↗verifiedConstitutional crisis with Wike faction — assembly impeachment threats, court orders2023–
- Source: Premium Times ↗verifiedState of Emergency declared by President Tinubu, briefly suspended2025
Court cases on record
- Source: Premium Times ↗Multiple inter-branch disputes (Rivers political crisis)Supreme CourtPending
Data sources
- FAAC state-by-state H1 2026 (Newsivic, via OAGF/FAAC) ↗
- DMO Q2 2026 sub-national debt (via ThisDay) ↗
- Rivers 2026 budget presentation (Nigerian Observer) ↗
- Emergency rule lifted; Fubara reinstated (Newspread) ↗
Figures verified 09 Oct 2026
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