Rivers Assembly Overrides Governor Fubara, Okays Service Commission Amendment Bill

The House had passed the Assembly Service Commission (Amendment) Bill on February 15, 2024, and transmitted same to Governor Fubara for assent. 

Not happy that the governor was yet to assent to the Bill after about a month it was cleared at the House, the lawmakers decided to take the law into their hands and passed it into law at the 125th legislative sitting, on Friday.