The Rivers State House of Assembly has reconvened after the expiration of a six-month emergency rule declared in the state by President Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu lifted the emergency rule on September 17, directing Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and members of the assembly to resume their official duties on September 18.
Thursday’s plenary session was presided over by Speaker Martins Amaewhule and held at the conference hall within the assembly quarters in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Since the assembly chamber at the Moscow Road complex was razed and later demolished by the state government, lawmakers have been using the conference hall as their temporary chamber.
The reconstruction of the assembly complex, which was overseen by the outgone sole administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, could not be completed before his exit.
On March 18, Tinubu had declared emergency rule in Rivers State following a protracted political crisis triggered by the rift between Governor Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
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