Rivers state, Port Harcourt – Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara has gazetted Executive Order 001 relocating the House of Assembly to the Auditorium, Admin Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt.
Fubara said the current state of the chamber was unsafe and constituted a threat to the lives of the staff and members of the House of Assembly.
The gazette was dated December 14th, 2023, after the state house of assembly was set ablaze on October 29th, 2023, The Nation reports.
The governor cited the burning of the Hallowed Chamber of the House of Assembly as the reason for the relocation.
Fubara said it is reasonable to ensure that the house of assembly proceedings were not impeded and frustrated by the urgent repairs, renovation and reconstruction of the burnt assembly.
As reported by Daily Trust, Fubara said:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that operatives of the Rivers state police command took over the state house of assembly quarters located along the Aba Road, Port Harcourt.
About 30 armed policemen were said to have taken over all the assembly’s entrances including the first and second gates to the lawmakers’ estate.
the police used about 30 patrol vans to block the entrances after the Martins Amaewhule-led house of assembly claimed that Governor Fubara was planning to demolish the quarters.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
