Breaking: Rivers Assembly seeks review of finances during emergency rule

…Demands Fresh Budget, List of Commissioner Nominees from Fubara

By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT — The Rivers State House of Assembly connected Thursday resumed plenary, pursuing the expiration of the Emergency Rule declared successful the authorities by President Bola Tinubu connected March 18, 2025.

The Assembly past sat connected March 12, a week earlier the exigency declaration. At Thursday’s plenary, lawmakers demanded a reappraisal of however funds were spent connected projects and programmes during the six-month exigency period.

The motion, sponsored by 9 members including House Leader Hon. Major Jack, Deputy Leader Hon. Linda Somiari-Stewart, and 7 others, was unanimously adopted by each 26 members present.

Reading the motion, Jack noted that the exigency regularisation officially lapsed astatine midnight connected Thursday, restoring afloat antiauthoritarian structures successful the state. He recalled that 1 of the gains of the exigency play was the palmy behaviour of the August 30 section authorities elections that produced 23 chairmen and councillors.

He, however, stressed the request for the Assembly to enactment with Governor Siminialayi Fubara connected a caller fiscal program that reflects the aspirations of Rivers people, since the legislature neither saw nor contributed to the fund implemented nether the exigency rule.

Jack further noted that respective contracts were awarded and funds spent from the state’s Consolidated Revenue Account by the outgone Administrator, making it indispensable to found a wide representation of what transpired.

He urged the politician to guardant the database of commissioner nominees for the constitution of the State Executive Council, successful enactment with the Constitution and the bid statement that restored antiauthoritarian institutions successful the state. He besides called connected Fubara to taxable an appropriation measure for the remainder of the year.

Speaker Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, aft a dependable ballot successful which each members backed the motion, said the Assembly would formally constitute the politician to petition the names of commissioner nominees and a caller fund proposal.

Jack commended President Tinubu for restoring ideology successful the state, assuring that the Assembly would abide by the presumption of the bid accord and uphold the Constitution successful the involvement of bid and bully governance.

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