Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on December 13, 2023, presented the 2024 budget proposal of ₦800 billion to five members of the State Assembly led by Edison Ehie, who later resigned from the House.
Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara had, on December 13, 2023, presented the 2024 budget proposal to five members of the State Assembly led by Edison Ehie.
The presentation was done at the Government House in Port Harcourt, following the demolition of the Assembly Complex by the state government and after a court restrained Ehie’s contender, Martins Amaewhule, from using the Assembly Complex.
Ehie and the four other pro-Fubara lawmakers, passed the budget and the governor subsequently signed the bill into law.
However, a Federal High Court sitting Abuja on Monday, has nullified the ₦800 billion budget as passed by the Ehie group and signed into law by Fubara.
The court presided by Justice James also upheld the suit filed by the Assembly and Speaker Martin Amaewhule, against Fubara, which sought an order of injunction restraining the governor from frustrating the Assembly under his leadership as speaker, among others.
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