A group of 60 Federal Lawmakers, otherwise known G-60, has declared that the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly lacked the legitimacy to amend the State’s Public Procurement law having ceased to exist since December last year for defecting from the PDP to APC.
According to the G-60, the purported veto of the powers of Governor Siminialayi Fubara by the group of 27 persons parading themselves as Rivers State lawmakers was nothing but legislative madness taken too far.
The 60 federal lawmakers stated these while reacting to the alleged overriding of the assent of Governor Fubara to pass the Rivers State Public Procurement (Amendment) Bill 2024.
In a statement signed by the G-60 Spokesperson and the member of House of Representatives representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the group said the veto was an unenforceable legislative rascality.
They maintained that the ‘Abuja-based lawmakers’ who operate from a two-room…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
