Nigeria, March 3 -- Rivers House of Assembly has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara 48 hours to present the 2025 budget.

The House gave the directive on Monday, its first plenary after the Supreme Court judgment that restored them.

"That the House expects you to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill within 48 hours," the House said in a letter signed by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and addressed to Governor Fubara

Citing Friday's Supreme Court judgement, which invalidated last year's local government election, the lawmakers also notified the governor that they would commence amending Local Government Law No. 5 of 2018 and the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission Law No. 2 of 2018 to be in tandem with the Electoral Act.

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