The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Monday inaugurated the 10th state House of Assembly.
\nThe governor, during the inauguration at the hallowed chamber in Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, said it was in exercise of his constitutional powers.
\nAccording to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Boniface Onyedi, the governor said, \u201cMy duty this morning is officially to dissolve the 9th Assembly and inaugurate the 10th Assembly, so that you can commence your first session.
\n\u201cWhereas it is provided in Section 105 (3), of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended. That the person elected as governor shall have the power to issue a proclamation for the holding of the first session of the state Assembly immediately after being sworn in.
\n\u201cTherefore, I, Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State, in exercise of the powers bestowed upon me by Section 105(3) as aforesaid, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, hereby proclaim that the first session of the 10th Rivers State Assembly holds at 10:00am on this day, Monday the 5th of June, 2023, in the Rivers State House of Assembly Complex, Port Harcourt.\u201d
\nSoon afterwards, the members of the 10th Assembly uninamously elected former House leader and the lawmaker represnting Obio\/Akpor Constituency 1, Martins Ameawhule, as new Speaker of the 32-member House.
\nAlso, the member representing Gokana Constituency and former Chairman, House Committee on Environment, Dumle Maol, was elected Deputy Speaker.
\nMeanwhile, Fubara paid an unscheduled visit to the ongoing construction of the convocation arena at the University of Port Harcourt.
\nSpeaking after inspecting the facility being built by the Rivers State Government, Fubara stated that the project was dear to the government because of its importance to education and youth development.
\nHe charged the contractor handling the project to match words with action by completing the project within the next 60 days as promised, warning that failure to deliver will attract consequences.
\nFubara used the opportunity to warn other contractors handling state government projects to step up their works as he will not condone any delay but would expect prompt delivery on projects.
\nHe said, \u201cFrom what I\u2019m seeing here, the contractor is also assuring that in 60 days he can deliver.
\n\u201cWe will give him the benefits of doubt. But I need to say clearly that if in 60 days, I visit this project, I don\u2019t see it completed, it\u2019s not going to be easy for the contractor, that\u2019s the truth.
\n\u201cBut I believe from what I have seen the extent of job that they are doing, I think they\u2019re a bit serious compared to what we saw about two months ago.\u201d
\n\u201cThe reason why this project is important to us is this: It has to do with education and youths. You can\u2019t separate education from the youths and one of the objectives of our projects is development of the youths and advancement of education. So, our coming here is to see it, assess it ourselves and not only from the reports from the ministry, but for me to see it.
\n\u201cIt is not business as usual. I had a meeting with them the other day and I told them that even though this contract is not new that does not mean that you go home and sleep. You can see that I\u2019m a very punctual person. If I give you 9:0 clock, it will be 9:0clock. So, my word to the contractor today is that you\u2019ve assured me that in 60 days you\u2019re going to deliver. There will be serious consequences if I come here by 60 days from today and this job is not ready\u201d, he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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