Adebayo Adenrele
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from further releasing financial allocations to the Rivers State Government.
According to reports, the appropriation act passed by the constituted House of Assembly was unlawful.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik issued the order on Wednesday in a judgment on a suit filed by the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule.
Justice Abdulmalik held that the decision by Governor Siminalayi Fubara to present the Rivers State’s 2024 Appropriation Bill to a four-member Assembly, that was not properly constituted, should not be allowed to stand.