BREAKING Tension in Rivers as Assembly Issues Fresh Threat to Gov Fubara

• Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state has again been threatened by the state house of assembly
• Rivers state lawmakers, for the third time in three months, overridden the governor and said they would take strict measures should the governor continue to flout the constitution
• The lawmakers passed the Rivers State Public Procurement (Amendment)Bill, 2024, into law as the governor declined assent

Port Harcourt, Rivers - The Rivers state house of assembly has again overridden Governor Siminalayi Fubara's assent for the third time in the last three months.

The lawmakers had ruled against the governor to enact the Rivers state house of assembly (RSHA) service commission law.

Why Rivers lawmakers override Governor Fubara

In April, the assembly took the same measure to pass the local government amendment bill into law even though Governor Fubara refused his assent.

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On Monday, May 6, the house again passed the Rivers State Public Procurement (Amendment)Bill, 2024, into law and threatened to take strong measures against the governor should he continue to flout the law in the state, Daily Trust reported.

The lawmakers said that their decision was informed by Section 100 (5) of the 1999 constitution. They said they voted, and two-thirds of the majority voted for the law.

Rivers lawmakers threaten Governor Fubara

On March 26, 2024, the lawmakers passed the law and transmitted it to Fubara for assent, but the governor declined.

The speaker of the house, Martin Amaewhule, said the law was to secure taxpayers' money so that it was not spent on frivolities and contracts were not twisted.

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Amaewhule lamented situations in which due processes were not followed, and contracts were awarded without legal backing. He alleged that the state was governed by a "dictatorial panache."

Rivers commissioner rejects Fubara's re-adjustment

Legit.ng earlier reported that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state had suffered a significant blow as Zacchaeus Adangor tendered his resignation barely 24 hours after being redeployed.

Adangor was the commissioner for justice and attorney general of the state, but the governor redeployed him to the ministry of special duties at the governor's office.

In his resignation letter, the commissioner, considered a loyalist of ex-governor Nyesom Wike, alleged that Fubara recently obstructed him in performing his duties.

Source: Legit.ng