FLASH: Fubara Presents 2024 Budget To Rivers Assembly

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has presented the 2024 appropriation bill of the state to the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The governor arrived at the plenary of the assembly under the speakership of Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, around 9:00 a.m.

Osun Defender had reported that the Rivers State House of Assembly has moved its sittings to a new complex within the Government House, Port Harcourt.

This came following the demolition work on the Assembly building on Moscow Road, Port Harcourt.

Osun Defender had reported that the political crisis in the state deepened on Wednesday as about 10 bulldozers drove into the premises of the state House of Assembly and started the demolition of the complex.

The demolition is being done under tight security.

It would be recalled that a State High Court holden in Port Harcourt, Tuesday, had in an order allowed Edison to remain the Speaker of the Assembly until the matter before this court is dispensed.

It was gathered that the house, on the directive of the state governor, relocated its sittings to a new place provided by the governor.

The lawmakers in its first sitting elected Hon. Adolphus T. Orubienimigha as the new majority leader of the assembly.

The governor was accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, and other members of his cabinet.

The State Executive Council, in its 5th sitting on Monday, approved the estimated budget of over N800 billion, christened the Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation, and Continuity for the 2024 fiscal year.