The Martins Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has condemned the recent statement by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, describing the lawmakers as “non-existent.”
The Majority Leader of the Assembly, Major Jack, raised the issue on the floor of the House during plenary on Wednesday.
The lawmakers described the statement by Governor Fubara as “unguarded”, and a direct insult to Nigeria.
The pro-Wike lawmakers during plenary also merged the Rivers State Local Government Law No. 5 of 2018, the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Law of 2023, and the Rivers State Local Government (Amendment) Law No. 4 of 2024 to form a new Local Government Law.
The new law provides for the establishment, structure, composition, finance and functions of the local government councils and other matters connected to the state.
In a statement made available to newsmen, Amaewhule stated that the bill intends to combine all the local government laws in the state into one.