Politics

Rivers assembly overrides Fubara, passes four new bills into law

The Rivers State House of Assembly has voted to override the governor of the State, Siminalayi Fubara and pass four new bills into law.

Siminalayi-Fubara, governor of Rivers state

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

The Rivers State House of Assembly has voted to override the governor of the State, Siminalayi Fubara and pass four new bills into law.

The development took place on Friday (today) at the House of Assembly Quarters during plenary after the speaker Martin Amaewhule read four letters addressed to him by the governor where withheld his assent to the four new bills forwarded to his office for assent.

The assembly invoked Section 100 subsection 5 of the Constitution which empowers lawmakers to override the governor.

According to the Section “where the Governor withholds assent and the bill is again passed by a two-thirds majority, the bill shall become a law and the assent of the Governor shall not be required”.

The speaker accused the governor of not planning to conduct local government elections in the state, saying “by the reasons given by the Governor it means he doesn’t plan to conduct local government elections in the state”.

Amaewhule added that “the key thing here is that this law removes the power of the Governor to appoint Caretaker Committee Chairmen for the Local Governments, the Governor is not happy that we’re removing his powers to appoint caretaker chairmen”

The 4 Laws passed are the Rivers Local Government Amendment Law; the Rivers State Traditional Rulers Amendment Law; the Rivers State Advertisement and Use of State-Owned Property Prohibition Repeal Law and the Rivers State Funds Management and Financial Autonomy Law.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Politics

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has accused lawmakers of blocking his attempt to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill at the Assembly Quarters, despite having...

BREAKING

The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has ordered the governor of the State, Siminalayi Fubara to present the 2025 budget...

Politics

Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser (NSA), says he won’t join issues with the immediate governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.

Politics

By Charles Titiloye HOW I SAVED ONDO STATE FROM NEEDLESS CRISIS AFTER THE DEATH OF GOV. OLUWAROTIMI ODUNAYO AKEREDOLU SAN CON. —- SIR CHARLES...

Politics

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has sworn in caretaker committee chairmen for the 23 Local Government Councils in the State.

Politics

Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Nigeria has called on the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...

Copyright © 2025 DailyAgent, All Rights Reserved.

Exit mobile version