By Damilare Adeleye
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N800 billion into law.
This is coming barely 24 hours after he presented the budget estimates to the state House of Assembly led by Edison Ehie.
Ehie and other four lawmakers immediately approved the bill which the governor assented to it on Thursday.
The signing ceremony was held in the conference room of the Governor’s Office at the Government House.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Deputy Governor, Prof Ngozi Odu; some members of the State Executive Council; present and former lawmakers who support Governor Fubara, and some chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Local Government Areas.
In his address, the governor said the estimated N800bn, tagged, ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity’ will be well implemented to provide critical infrastructure like the second phase of the landmark Trans-Kalabari road and meet the socio-economic needs of the people.
On his part, Ehie, one of those contending the Speakership seat in the Rivers State House of Assembly, commended the governor’s foresight in expanding infrastructure and youth development through employment generation.