The Nation Newspaper Rivers CoS faults Assembly's new law without Fubara's assent
, Ehie Edison, has faulted provisions of the House of Assembly Service Commission Law recently enacted without the assent of the Governor.
He said the new law took the power, which originally belonged to the Governor, and vested it with the House of Assembly. He said: “The first issue to consider is the Constitutional power of the Governor. Section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 provides that the executive powers of the State shall be vested in the Governor of that State.
“The Rivers State House of Assembly should not mistake the presence of the building of the Service Commission in its premises as conferring powers on the House to appoint the Chairman and members of the Commission.” “There is nothing in the Alteration that, by any stretch of imagination, can be inferred to confer the power of appointing the Chairman and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission on the Rivers State House of Assembly, notwithstanding the fact that the law creating the commission was enacted by the Rivers State House of Assembly”.
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