Rivers State Reacts to Court’s Suspension of Allocation Payments, Reveals Plan

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The Rivers State Government has announced that it is appealing a Federal High Court ruling that stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from releasing funds to the state. This court decision put a hold on monthly allocations due to issues with the state’s budget approval process.It should be recalled that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is having a running battle with the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule, an ally of Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister.

We are not panicked and there is no cause for alarm.”The court case began when Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court found that Governor Fubara’s presentation of the 2024 budget to only four members of the state House of Assembly went against Nigeria’s Constitution. The judge also called Fubara’s continued use of state funds without full approval a “Constitutional violation.

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