The Hon. Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly, has again overridden the assent of Governor, Sim Fubara on three Bills, which were earlier passed and transmitted to him for assent over a month ago.
The House took the decision to override the Governor after he withheld his assent to the Bills during its sitting on Thursday.
The Bills are the Rivers State Education (Return of Schools) (Amendment) Bill, the Rivers Electricity Market Bill, and the Rivers State Commissions of Inquiry Bill, 2024
Martin Wachukwu – Media aide to Hon. Martin Amaewhule, said his principal during plenary stated that Governor Fubara cannot hold back the State as Rivers State must move forward.
He also said, Amaewhule described Governor Fubara as one who sees himself as above the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Judiciary and other extant laws of the State. But maintained that the House would continue to hold on to the Constitution and democratic ethos; enthusing that by virtue of Section 100 (5) of the Constitution, these laws are now in force in Rivers State.
