More than two-thirds of members of the Rivers state House of Assembly have overridden Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state on the controversial Local Government Amendment Bill which sought to extend the tenure of local government chairmen loyal to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike.
Fubara had withheld assent on the bill that the lawmakers passed to protect the chairmen, the majority of whom have been hostile to Fubara.
In a ruling last week, a High Court in Rivers State barred the lawmakers from proceeding with the passage of the bill.
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On Monday, April 22, the lawmakers defied the state High Court’s order directing the status quo on the issue of elongating the tenure of elected local government officials, which formed part of the amendment.
The House was said to have also screened and confirmed members of the chairman and other members of the Assembly Service Commission in the spirit of the new law.
