By Ayomide Otitoju
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has approved the immediate dissolution of the Rivers State Pensions Board, the state government announced on Friday.
A statement from the Head of Service, Dr. (Mrs.) Inyingi Brown, said the governor directed that the board’s functions will now be managed by the Office of the Accountant General. Members of the dissolved board have been instructed to hand over all properties and assets in their possession to the Director of Administration in the pensions office.
The statement added that Governor Fubara will constitute a new board in due course to oversee pension matters in the state.
The Pensions Board was among those reconstituted by the immediate past emergency rule administration. Its dissolution marks the first major administrative action by the Fubara-led government following the six-month emergency rule.
