The Martins Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State Home of Meeting has unanimously agreed to jot down to Governor Siminialayi Fubara, to inform him of the delay in re-presenting the 2024 Funds to the Home.
Amaewhule hinted that they’re but to obtain the State’s Medium Time period Expenditure Framework and the 2024 Appropriation Invoice.
Arogidigba International Journal recollects that Governor Fubara had introduced the N800m 2024 Appropriation Invoice to the Edison Ehie-led faction of the Meeting.
The Invoice was subsequently handed in December 2023.
Ehie, who has now resigned because the Speaker of the Home and member representing Ahoada East State Constituency 2, had declared vacant the seats of the factional Speaker, Amaewhule, and members of his faction numbering 25, following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
He additionally requested the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC to conduct contemporary elections to replenish the vacuum already created within the Meeting.
Earlier, the Home gave the First Studying to a Invoice which seeks to amend the Rivers State Conventional Rulers Legislation No. 4 of 2015.
Presenting the invoice sponsored by the Majority Chief, who can be the Member representing Akuku Toru Constituency I, Main Jack, he averred that the Invoice seeks to amend some sections of the Principal Legislation, and when handed, will make the Conventional Rulers legislation in tune with present realities.
In the identical vein, the Home gave the First Studying to a Invoice that seeks to repeal the Rivers State Commercial and Use of State-owned Property (Prohibition) Legislation No. 7 of 2022.
The invoice was sponsored and introduced by the Member representing Port Harcourt Constituency II, Tonye Good Adoki.