Wike, at the twilight of his administration, did everything to ensure that he installed a loyal successor, which he found in Fubara, against the wishes of many party bigwigs and faithful in the state, who argued that the latter, being a political rookie and having not contributed anything to the Peoples Democratic Party, should not have been given the plum job.
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has deplored the stark reality of having 75 percent of primary schools in the State without teachers and 90 percent of such schools in dilapidated condition as very troubling.