The House of Assembly in Rivers again, has ruled against Governor Siminalayi Fubara to pass new bill into law.
The lawmaker on Friday override the governor to enact the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) Service Commission Law.
The House took the decision after convening an impromptu sitting on Friday afternoon.
This is the second time the Rivers State House of Assembly will override the governor to pass a law this year.
DAILY GIST recalls in January that the lawmakers voted to override the governor and pass four bills into law
The governor had withheld his assent stating that such amendments would create confusion and breach constituted laws.
The four bills were the Rivers State Local Government Law (Amendment) Bill; Rivers State Traditional Rulers’ Law (Amendment) Bill; Rivers State Advertisement and Use of State-owned Property Prohibition (Repeal) Bill and Rivers State House of Assembly Fund Management Bill.
However, during an impromptu plenary on Friday, the house, led by Martin Amaewhule, the speaker, ignored the governor’s assent and enacted the Rivers state house of assembly service commission bill.
The House in its decision relied on Section 100, Subsection 5, to say that the assent of the governor was not required for the passage into law of the said bills.
The section stated that “where the Governor withholds assent and the bill is again passed by two-thirds majority, the bill shall become a law and the assent of the Governor shall not be required”
