The Rivers State House of Assembly has passed four new bills into law without the assent of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
This is as the Speaker of the assembly, Martin Amaewhule disclosed during plenary on Friday that Fubara declined to assent the new bills.
Amaewhule had read four letters from the governor, where he refused to sign the bills.
The four laws passed by the House include: The Rivers Local Government Amendment Law; The Rivers State Traditional Rulers Amendment Law; The Rivers State Advertisement and Use of State-Owned Property Prohibition Repeal Law; and The Rivers State Funds Management and Financial Autonomy Law.
Speaking during the session, Amaewhule stated that the Governor was unhappy that the House wanted to appoint caretaker chairmen to oversee the Local Governments in the state.
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“By the reasons given by the Governor, it means he doesn’t plan to conduct local government elections in the state.
“The key thing here is that this law removes the power of the Governor to appoint Caretaker Committee Chairmen for the Local Governments.
“The Governor is not happy that we’re removing his powers to appoint caretaker chairmen,” Amaewhule said.
ThisNigeria reports that Section 100 subsection 5 of the Constitution states that ““where the Governor withholds assent and the bill is again passed by a two-thirds majority, the bill shall become law and the assent of the Governor shall not be required.”
