The Rivers state government has said that it is only the result of experts it commissioned to conduct an integrity test on the House of Assembly Quarters will determine the fate of the legislative estate.

The government said it has already consulted experts who were currently carrying out integrity test on the buildings.

The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Joseph Johnson, spoke while reacting to claims that the state Governor, Sir. Siminalayi Fubara, had concluded plans to demolish the quarters.

Johnson said that the governor visited the facility and commissioned experts to conduct the test.

He said: “Governor Fubara is an honest person. The best that any state can pray for and God bestowed him on us. There is not other way to get a good leader other than a leader who will say right is right and left is left.

“We went to the Assembly quarters to assess the integrity of the facility under the care of the government. We have not found any section of the constitution that says the governor does not have the right to assess the facility.

“Governor Fubara is not interested in anybody’s position. He is already a governor. The governor as part of his function has gone to the Assembly quarters particularly on a report of an environmental impact assessment. In passing the governor visited the assembly quarters.

“That facility was built by the immediate past administration, when governor Wike built the NLC Secretariat, he said that that Secretariat did not meet integrity test. Dr. George Kelly, then Commissioner for Works, confirmed that under one year. They threw Beatrice Itubo out of that place.

“You can born a child today, the child might die today. You can born a child today the child might stay the next 100 years. In this case, the governor has only visited the quarters and commissioned experts to carry out integrity text on the building.

“What will happen next will depend on report of the facility tour. The governor will look at the reports. If it pleases God that that place does not meet up the required standard why not,” he added. (The Nation)

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