Governor Siminalayi Fubara has submitted the Rivers State Appropriation Bill for 2024.
Around nine in the morning, the governor showed up for the assembly's plenary session, which was chaired by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie.
Commissioners Isaac Kamalu for Finance, Joseph Johnson for Information and Communications, and Tammy Danagogo, Secretary to the State Government, were among the governor's entourage.
The State Executive Council adopted the projected budget for the 2024 fiscal year, which is worth over N800 billion and is dubbed the Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation, and Continuity, at its fifth meeting on Monday,
This came after the demolition of State House of Assembly building on Moscow Road in the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area .
A government source claimed that the state government was carrying out the project.
During the Wednesday proceedings, Edison also declared vacant the seat of 27 of 32 lawmakers that defected to APC.
Recall how unknown political thugs set fire to the state assembly's hallowed chambers.
The legislative arm of the state has been involved in a serious crisis following the move by some lawmakers to impeach Fubara.
On Wednesday, however, more than ten bulldozers, excavators, and other large machinery were transported to the assembly site as early as five in the morning.
