RIVERS state House of Assembly has passed the
N470 appropriation bill presented to the House on Wednesday by governor Nyesom
Wike into law.
Speaker of the House , Hon Adams Dima also
stepped aside for a new Speaker, Hon Ibani Ikuyi after the days event. It would
be recalled that Ikuyi handed over to Hon Dima as Speaker ahead of ruling by
the Appeal tribunal on a case challenging his election. It was no surprise when
Hon Dima handed over back to him yesterday since he was reelected into the
House. Hon Dima before handing over also swore in ten member elect of the House, Ikuyi was among them. With developments in the House the All Progressive Congress, APC is now part of the House as a minority party with five of them sworn in. Earlier, Leader of the House, Hon Martin Amaewhule called on the House to pass the 2017 appropriation bill, saying that the Appropriation committee recommended that it should be passed because of its capacity to transform the state positively.
The budgetary appropriation be
passed as provided in the 2017 budget estimate; that the budgetary appropriation
of N329 billion for capital expenditure as provided in the 2017 budget estimate
be passed as provided; that the budgetary appropriation of N141 billion for
recurrent expenditure as provided in the 2017 budget estimate be passed as
provided; that the total appropriation of N470 billion for the service of
Rivers State government in the 2017 fiscal year as provided in the 2017 budget
estimate be passed as provided”, he said.
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