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<p>The <strong>Federal Government (FG)</strong> has assured that the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State will be lifted as soon as normalcy is restored.</p>
<p>Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, made this known in an interview with <em>The Nation</em> newspaper, stating that <strong>President Bola Tinubu</strong> is committed to reinstating democratic structures in the state.</p>
<p>“<em>As soon as he assesses that sanity has returned to Rivers State, he will ensure the restoration of all democratic structures in that state,</em>” Idris said.</p>
<p>He emphasized that the president has no ulterior motives regarding the state’s governance, dismissing speculations of a political takeover.</p>
<p>“<em>The president has no intention whatsoever to take over the governance of Rivers State. He has no intention to be or to appoint a governor for Rivers State,”</em> he stated.</p>
<p>Idris explained that the decision to <strong>impose emergency rule </strong>was necessary due to the collapse of governance in the state, which required urgent intervention.</p>
<p><em>“The way democracy is designed in this country is that the three arms of government must work together, and one will be checking the other,”</em> he said.</p>
<p><em>“So, we cannot have just the executive functioning and say we have a functional democracy. We didn’t have that, and therefore, the president had to act.”</em></p>
<p>The minister reiterated that President Tinubu will not keep emergency rule in place longer than necessary, stressing that the move was taken in line with constitutional provisions to restore order.</p>
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