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The pro-Wike supporters have blocked the executive governor of the state from spending any money from the state’s coffer until he presents the budget to them. This is coming as the 7-day ultimatum given to him has expired. Take a look the whole drama.
This follows a seven-day ultimatum the lawmakers gave the governor to present his budget before the House.
The Leader of the House Major Jack raised the motion informing the House about the expiration of the seven-day ultimatum given to the governor to present the 2024 budget before the House.
The move came after the expiration of the ultimatum given to the governor over the re-presentation of the year’s budget to the lawmakers.
The Amaewhule-led lawmakers had issued the order in their first sitting after a hiatus.
The House further resolved to notify the Federal Government, its relevant agencies, banks, and local and foreign donor agencies of the development, and to advise them not to have any transactions with the Rivers State government, pending the resolution of matters relating to the 2024 Appropriation Law.
Efforts to reach the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, were unsuccessful, as he neither picked up calls put across to his mobile line by our correspondent nor replied to a text message sent to him as of the time of filing this report on Monday evening.
Fubara had some months back presented the budget to a set of lawmakers loyal to him. The House of Assembly members were then led by Edison Ehie who is now the governor’s chief of staff.
Ehie and the lawmakers had then passed the budget estimates which Fubara later signed into law.