Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara has signed the state’s 2024 Appropriation Bill of N800bn into law.
Fubara signed the bill on Thursday at the Government House in Port Harcourt.
ThisNigeria reported that the governor had presented the budget to four lawmakers at the state Assembly Complex on Wednesday before it was demolished.
Recall thar 27 members of the Rivers Assembly, who are loyal to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Meanwhile, the APC, on Wednesday, condemned the governor’s decision to present the budget to only four lawmakers in the assembly.
The Rivers State APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mr Tony Okocha, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the action was unconstitutional.
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Okocha said that Section 120(2) of the Constitution clearly states that no money shall be spent unless it is appropriated by the state House of Assembly.
‘’The presentation of a bill to four suspended members of the House of Assembly does not fulfil the requirements of the constitution for all the reasons stated,’’ he said.
Okocha cautioned that expenditure made by the state government on the outcome of such a presentation was an infringement on the constitution and, as such, sufficient grounds to commence impeachment.
