The Rivers state House of Assembly led by Hon. Martin Amaewhule has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Secretary of the Rivers State Local Government Service Commission If he fails to appear before the House Committee on Local Government.
This came after the Chairman of the House Committee on Local Government, Ignatius Onwuka, presented a preliminary Report on the petition by two Local Government Chairmen which has to do with the two months unpaid salaries of staff of Emohua Local Government Area on the directives of the Acting Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission
Making the decision of the house known, Amaewhule said the House would not fold its arms and see staff of Emohua Local Government Council suffer, and therefore resolved to mandate the Committee to again invite the secretary of the commission
Our correspondent reports that the House gave First Reading to the Rivers State Electricity Market Bill, 2024, to Repeal the Rivers State Electricity and Gas Board Law CAP 50, Laws of Rivers State,1999;
The law also seeks to enact the Rivers State Electricity Market Law to Provide for Electricity Supply, Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution within Rivers State, and to Establish the Rivers State Electricity Commission for the enforcement of Consumers’ Right and Obligation and for connected purposes.
The House also gave first reading to the Rivers State Local Government (Consolidation) Bill, 2024
The Bill seeks to consolidate all the Local Government Laws in the State for ease of reference.
