Nigeria, June 12 -- Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok Ete-Ibas, said the proposed N1.48 trillion 2025 appropriation bill of the state has provisions for the return of the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other political officials.

Mr Ibas disclosed this on Wednesday while defending the state budget before an Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Rivers State Oversight, Punch newspaper reported.

On 18 March, Mr Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich state. He suspended Governor Fubara, his deputy, and lawmakers for an initial period of six months.

The president cited the prolonged political crisis in the state caused by the political feud between Nyesom Wike and Governor Fubara as the reason for h...