Following his redeployment to the Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment Ministry by Governor Simi Fubara, Isaac Kamalu has tendered his resignation as the Commissioner of Finance in River State.
In a letter addressed to Governor Fubara and the Secretary to the Government, Tammy Danagogo, Kamalu, who previously served as commissioner for Budget and Economics under former Nyesom Wike and currently as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, accused Fubara of providing false information regarding the internally generated revenue of Rivers State.
The letter stated, “In view of the above, I find it difficult to accept the redeployment; I do not accept it. I reject it and convey my immediate resignation as Commissioner and Member of the River State Executive Council with effect from the date of this letter.”
Prior to this, Zacchaeus Adangor, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the State, had also resigned citing a similar issue.
These resignations occur in the context of a peace pact brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu between Fubara and Wike, following a prolonged political feud between the two leaders.
It is worth noting that Kamalu had previously resigned as commissioner during the peak of the Fubara-Wike crisis but was later reinstated as per the terms of the peace agreement.