The Rivers State Government has refuted a report circulating on social media, which claims that Governor Siminalayi Fubara has ordered the shutdown of NNPC Ltd. and all oil companies in Rivers State.
The government described the news item as spurious, concocted propaganda, and false in a statement issued by Mr. Warisenibo Joe Johnson, the Commissioner for Information and Communications.
The statement is titled Re: Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara shuts down NNPCL.
It said: “The attention of the 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 report was not only false but 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 Siminalayi 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.”
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