Nigeria, April 26 -- The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on the State of Emergency in Rivers State has rescheduled another engagement with the State's Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, after he failed to honour earlier invitations.

In a statement on Friday, the Chairperson of the committee, Julius Ihonvbere, said it would set a new date for the engagement with Mr Ibas and communicate the same in due course.

The administrator, who was in Abuja to attend the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, had appeared before the panel at the National Assembly complex on Friday but requested another session with it.

During the appearance, Mr Ibas told the lawmakers that Rivers State is relatively calm but added that the situation rema...