BREAKING: Rivers Assembly stops Gov Fubara from presenting 2025 budget

By, Onome Jackson

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State was on Wednesday denied access to the State House of Assembly, preventing him from presenting the 2025 budget.

The budget presentation was scheduled to take place before lawmakers led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, following a Supreme Court directive that required the state budget to be properly approved before federal allocations could be released.

However, upon arriving at the Assembly complex, security personnel barred the governor from entering, stopping him from carrying out the presentation.

Addressing reporters outside the building, Fubara stated that his decision to present the budget was in the best interest of the state. He also mentioned that he had previously reached out to the Speaker through official correspondence and a phone call before making his way to the Assembly.

The budget presentation was scheduled to take place before lawmakers led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, following a Supreme Court directive that required the state budget to be properly approved before federal allocations could be released.

Fubara said he called the Speaker on phone before heading to the Assembly.

YOUNEWS recalls that Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, had presented a 2025 budget proposal of N1.1 trillion to the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led state house of assembly.

Fubara presented the appropriation bill, tagged the “Budget of Inclusive Growth and Development,” to the four-member assembly on Monday, December 30, 2024.