The Martins Amaehwule-led faction of Rivers State House of Assembly has described decisions reached by the four-member Assembly led by Edispn Ehie as null and void, saying the lawmakers are only holding family meetings.

The four lawmakers had approved 2024 budget last week barely 24 hours after it was presented by Governor Similanayi Fubara.

Amaehwule, who is loyal to former Governor Nyesom Wike, also alleged that Fubara supervised the demolition of the State House of Assembly, adding that belongings of the lawmakers and staff of the Assembly were trapped inside the complex.

Amaehwul, who spoke on Sunday at a dedication service and stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Port Harcourt, said that they were not notified about the demolition or given the opportunity to move out their personal belongings and important documents from the complex.


He said that important documents, files, archives and personal belonging of the lawmakers and staff of the Assembly were destroyed during the demolition of the complex.



“As we speak the governor has gone to demolish the state House of Assembly an edifice built with tax payers money. He personally supervised the demolition of the complex not minding that our property, things belonging to members and staff of the Assembly were inside there and they were looting them. Documents, our archives, our belongings were inside the complex before the demolition.


“What the governor is doing is against the law. We hear that some four persons gathered and are meeting somewhere, we don’t know what they are doing. Rivers people should know it today that the House of Assembly of any state is defined by the constitution and the only way you can reconvene the House, you need to have a qourum and quorum is 11. If you are not up to 11, anything you are doing is a family meeting, anything they told you they have done ignore them it’s null and void the law is clear about it.


“Anything you are doing you must do it in line with the dectates of the constitution and the standing orders of the Rivers House of Assembly. We are 27; in all they are just four so whenever we meet, who is meeting, it’s Rivers State House of Assembly,” he said.

He said that the governor had stopped funding the Assembly and pointed out that the Assembly finance management autonomy bill would address the issues of withholding the funds belonging to the Assembly.

“As legislatures our job is to come up with legislation that will help the people of Rivers State. We have just passed the state fund management bill. That law grants the financial autonomy of the state legislation. What it means is that as soon as assent is given to that bill, we don’t have to run to the governor to be begging for funds to manage the House of Assembly. Currently the governor has stopped funding the state House of Assembly but once the bill is consented what that means is that funding will come straight from consolidated revenue of the state.

“What the governor is doing by not releasing funds to the state Assembly is against the constitution. The governor has stopped funding the Assembly that is a misconduct on part of the governor,” he said.

He said that the 27 members of the Assembly defected to APC because of the crisis in Rivers PDP and the love President Bola Tinubu had demonstrated for Rivers State through the appointment of Rivers indigenes and some projects initiated by the present administration.

Rivers State Commissioner of Information and Communication, Joe Johnson had said that the Assembly was demolished because of structural defects.

Earlier in his opening speech, the Care taker Committee Chairman of APC in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, said that the party would do everything within its power to protect the 27 lawmakers that defected to the party.

Chief Okocha said that the party would not fold its arms and watch the lawmakers being intimidated.

He said that the new APC in the state would right the wrong brought about by what he described as bad administration.


https://dailytrust.com/rivers-youre-holding-family-meetings-pro-wike-speaker-rejects-2024-budget/

Budget wey Fubara don disburse finish.

If you're reading this, stop giving MIRACLE healers your hard earned money. MIRACLE healing is fake.

Guys stop giving these pulpit bandits your hard earned money. Whoever or whatever made the universe will NEVER EVER EVER NEVER need your money for A N Y T H I N G whatsoever.

I laugh in Swahili.

Wtf are this people smoking? Who will sign your state fund management bill into law. Shey there is also a factional governor in rivers that will sign it cos fubara did not even recognise them as lawmakers talkless of signing a bill that will be beneficial to them.

I see the pro wike loosing out in this fight cos all their steps so far are utterly stewpid and not calculative

Family meeting!



Fvck Fubara!

Is alright


Thesame House of Assembly members whom together with governor fubara have already pass the budget into law
With there approval...

Family meeting indeed
Be deceving yourselfs.

By the time your eyes clear you know that the law is supreme.

Ask Osho pro law makers of Edo state.
Rivers no be Lagos.

Obideients are making the loudest noises as usual in support of Fubara. But Fubara eyes go soon clear.

Eteka1:
Obideients are making the loudest noises as usual in support of Fubara. But Fubara eyes go soon clear.

Tinubu is now the president. How are you fairing so far ? Is Obedient the cause of your hardship ?

Amaehwule wey mumu

Your mates are signing budget into law you're passing commentary

You don carry last

Eteka1:
Obideients are making the loudest noises as usual in support of Fubara. But Fubara eyes go soon clear.

Wetin concern Obidients with fubara vs Wike matter

@Righthussle: Guys stop giving these pulpit bandits your hard earned money. Whoever or whatever made the universe will NEVER EVER EVER NEVER need your money for A N Y T H I N G whatsoever.

PLEASE YOU HAVE ALWAYS SAID THE ABOVE, PLEASE CAN YOU SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH US; I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU THINK SO, IT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU.

Fubara should set them up and get them arrested and tried in court

Johnycastro18:
Is alright


Thesame House of Assembly members whom together with governor fubara have already pass the budget into law
With there approval...

Family meeting indeed
Be deceving yourselfs.

Is the truth. 4members can't form corrum to pass budget. What they've done so it's against the extant laws guiding legislation. Nigeria has laws otherwise, tomorrow 2members of houses of assemblies will do worse next.

Let's await court decision cos it's a long drawn battle. Wike is a lawyer and many other lawyers among the factional members. U see the demolition of the state house of Assembly by fubara was a wrong decision whoever advises him set him up