Gov Fubara Appoints Benibo Anabraba As Rivers SSG

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has appointed Benibo Anabraba as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG).
The announcement was made by Honour Sirawoo, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications, in a statement yesterday. According to the release, Anabraba will be formally sworn in at 4:00 p.m. on October 13, 2025, at the State Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt. Guests are expected to be seated by 3:30 p.m.
The statement read, “His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS, Governor of Rivers State, has approved the appointment of Hon Benibo Anabraba as Secretary to the Rivers State Government. The new Secretary to Rivers State Government will be sworn in by His Excellency, on Monday, October 13, 2025, by 4pm at the State Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt.”
Anabraba, who previously served as Minority Leader in the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Akuku-Toru Constituency II, takes over from Tammy Danagogo. Danagogo had held the SSG position from the second term of former Governor Nyesom Wike until the first two years of the Fubara administration, before the declaration of emergency rule.