Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State denied reports circulating on the internet that he shut down the operations of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in Rivers State.
A statement by Warisenibo Joe Johnson, Hon. Commissioner for Information and Communications described the reports as false and concocted propaganda.
“The attention of Rivers State Government has been drawn to a spurious news item circulating on social media on “Gov. Siminalayi Fubara shutting down NNPCL and all oil companies in Rivers State”, the statement said.
Johnson noted that the report was not only false, but a concocted propaganda from the imagination of the author and enemies of the State. The story was also circulated by an inconsequential and unverified medium.
“Governor Fubara is committed to the rule of law and does not rely on unconventional and crude approaches to respond to matters of governance.
“We therefore enjoin Rivers people and well-meaning Nigerians to discountenance the spurious and fake report as Governor Fubara at no time contemplated and/or directed such needless order of shutting down the economy for any reason,” he added.
