Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, signed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N80 billion. This came a day after he presented the budget estimates to the state House of Assembly, led by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie.
Ehie and his loyalists speedily approved the bill.
The signing ceremony was held in the conference room of the Governor’s Office at the Government House.
It was witnessed by the Deputy Governor, Prof Ngozi Odu; some metres of the state Executive Council, present and former lawmakers who support Fubara, and some chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Local Government Areas.
The governor said that the estimated N800 billion budget, tagged, ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity’, would be well implemented to provide critical infrastructure like the second phase of the landmark Trans-Kalabari road and meet the socio-economic needs of the people.
Ehie, one of those contending the Speakership, commended the governor’s foresight in expanding infrastructure and youth development through employment generation.
On Wednesday, the governor presented the budget estimates to five lawmakers, led by Ehie, after the controversial demolition of the Assembly complex.
The Ehie-group had also declared vacant the seats of the 27 members who defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ehie and Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule have been embroiled in a Speakership tussle that is in court.
Source: Channels Television
