Gov.Fubara Signs ₦1.1 trn 2025 Budget Into Law After Passage By Three-Member Rivers Assembly Within Three Days - EDU-BIZNEWS

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Gov.Fubara Signs ₦1.1 trn 2025 Budget Into Law After Passage By Three-Member Rivers Assembly Within Three Days



Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday signed the ₦1.1 trillion 2025 Budget iinto law after the passage of the Appropriation Bill by the Three-Member Rivers State House of Assembly within three days of receiving the bill including the New-year Day 

Fubara had on Monday ,December,30, 2024 presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill which included N462,254,153,418 allocated to recurrent expenditure and N678,088,433,692 for capital projects, bringing the total budget proposal to N1,188,962,739,932, before the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State Assembly for consideration, which has since been condemned by the Martins Amaewhule led 27 members of the assembly who  maintained that the recent ruling of the Court of Appeal affirmed their legitimacy as authentic of the house 

But the governor insisted that the only House of Assembly existing in the state was the one led by Oko-Jumbo

Fubara, in a speech after signing the bill into law in Port Harcourt, thanked the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State Assembly for doing a good job.

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Fubara declared that Martins Amaewhule and 26 other members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) seize to be recognised as legislators, despite the court ruling which still subsists

The Amaewhule group are loyal to former Rivers governor and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who has been at loggerheads with Fubara.

The governor emphasised that despite granting them ample time to reconsider their stance, the decision to disqualify them is final and irreversible.

He said no governor in Nigeria has endured the level of disrespect he had endured, adding that his focus remains on steering Rivers State toward greater accomplishments.

He said the appropriation provides for spending till December 31st, 2025 and contains 12 sections.

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