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Fubara said his administration inherited project debt of over ₦225 billion from the Wike government, with contractors who executed various projects for the previous administration seeking outstanding balance payments.

Wike disputed the framing and challenged Fubara to publish the full extent of debts owed, since Rivers, unlike most states, changed governors between political allies rather than rivals. No independently audited reconciliation of the exact figure was identified for this entry.

The administration inherited several large, partially completed road and infrastructure projects from the Wike government that required continued funding to finish.

Fubara's administration has continued and advanced several of these projects, including further phases of the Port Harcourt road network, alongside launching new projects of its own such as the Trans-Kalabari Highway.

Unlike many incoming governors, Fubara inherited one of Nigeria's strongest internally generated revenue bases, with Rivers already ranked among the top three IGR-generating states.

The administration has built on this position, with NBS-tracked IGR rising from roughly ₦172.82bn in 2022 to ₦195.41bn in 2023 and ₦317.3bn in 2024, keeping Rivers among the top three states nationally.

Fubara inherited a political succession structure heavily built around continued deference to his predecessor and political godfather, Nyesom Wike, which left the balance of power between governor and godfather unresolved from the outset.

This underlying tension was never durably resolved and instead escalated into the defining crisis of the administration, culminating in a federal state of emergency, a six-month suspension of the elected government, and Fubara's own eventual defection from the PDP to the APC in December 2025.