This, Semenitari described as “unnecessary and avoidable.”
The former NDDC boss said the crisis would be of no benefit to the state while calling for an immediate stop.
While stating that the state had had too many political crises, she noted that the state had never been the ultimate beneficiary.
She said, “This state has had too many political crises and was at no time the ultimate winner. At each time, the economy and the people suffered.
“We cannot continue to whirl in this sad cesspool while other states move up the political and economic ladder.”
Semenitari, who also served as the state Commissioner for Information and Communication between 2009 and 2015, condemned the attempts to impeach the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
She said it was outrageous that only six months into the administration, anyone would consider the impeachment of the governor.
She added, “This goes against the grain of all that is noble. The Nigerian Constitution is clear on this fact which is that a sub-nation in the Nigerian federation should have only one elected governor who shall serve a four-year tenure renewable, though, for another four. Why then does anyone want to render the outcome of the elections stillborn?”
She also condemned the crisis in the state House of Assembly, an arm of government she says was key to the running of the state.
She noted that the independence and smooth running of the legislative arm is pivotal to the stability of the state saying, “We must beware of elements whose sole interest is to cause mayhem in the Rivers State House of Assembly as this could only profit anti-democratic forces and leave the state starved of critical development.
“The state legislature must be allowed to fulfill its constitutional role of driving critical development in the state via sound and tested legislation. To attempt to use the state House of Assembly to sabotage an elected executive is destructive to good conscience and wellbeing of Rivers State.”
Speaking on the role of the security personnel, Semenitari called on law enforcement agencies to decipher between loyalty to Nigerian taxpayers and political actors.
