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Fubara Presents 2024 Budget Estimates To Five Rivers Lawmakers

Present at the budget presentation on Wednesday include Ehie and four members of the House loyal to him.


Governor Siminalayi Fubara presents the N800bn 2024 budget estimates before the Edison Ehie-led group of the Rivers State House of Assembly at the Government House on December 13, 2023

 

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 budget proposal of 800 billion naira to the State House of 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 in line with a State High Court order which restrained Ehie’s contender, Martins Amaewhule, from using the Assembly complex.

Fubara said the estimate was aimed at promoting economic development through inclusive growth and addressing socio-economic inequality in the state.

 

The Ehie-group had before the arrival of the governor, met and declared vacant, the seats of the 27 members that defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ehie and Martins Amaewhule have been embroiled in a Speakership tussle that is in court.

Present at the budget presentation on Wednesday include Ehie and four members of the House loyal to him. None of the members who recently moved from the PDP to the APC was in attendance.

Also present were a former speaker of the House, Adams Dabotorudinma; and former Deputy Speaker, Marshal Uwom.

The Complex was demolished amid tight security about two months after fire gutted the complex.

The demolition exercise started at about 6:45am with the state governor leading a convoy consisting of about 10 bulldozers carried on heavy-duty flatbed lorries into the Assembly premises.

Meanwhile, the Rivers State Government said the renovation of the State House of Assembly Complex was carried out on the advice of consultants, who warned that the building is no longer habitable.