The Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday overrode the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to pass the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Bill into law, extending the tenures of the 23 council chairmen.
This was as Governor Fubara on March 13 2024 declined assent to the (Amendment) Bill after the Lawmakers passed Bill and forwarded same to him.
The Lawmakers during its 159th Legislative sitting, invoked the powers of Section 100(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as altered, which empowers the House to override the governor, where he withholds his assent.
At the sitting, the Majority Leader Major Jack represented the bill, prompting debates by members of the House, who argued that the governor should be vetoed and with a two-thirds majority vote, the House agreed and overrode the governor to pass the bill into law.
The latest action is the 6th time the House of Assembly has overridden the governor to enact laws since the start of the political crisis in the state.
