The Rivers State Government has
denied alleged relocation of the State
House of Assembly complex.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in
Rivers State had accused Governor
Rotimi Amaechi of planning to move
the State House of Assembly to the
Government House in Port Harcourt.
In a statement by the Special Adviser
on Media to the PDP Chairman in the
state, Jerry Needam, the party claimed
that Amaechi was planning to
commence siting of the lawmakers
inside the Government House.
The aim, according to the party, is for
the lawmakers to consider the 2014
Appropriation Bill and a motion to
reject recommendations of the
National Judicial Council on the
appointment of a substantive chief
judge for the state.
“The attention of the Rivers State
Chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party has been drawn to a directive by
the State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi,
directing few members of the Rivers
State House of Assembly loyal to him
to move the Rivers State House of
Assembly to Government House, Port
Harcourt.
“The Governor also directed few law
makers loyal to him, to commence
sitting at Government House, Port
Harcourt, and consider the 2014
appropriation bill and a motion to
reject recommendations of the
National Judicial Council on the
appointment of a substantive Chief
Judge of Rivers State, amongst others.
“The directive by Governor Rotimi
Amaechi to move the State House of
Assembly, under the pretext that
repairs are still ongoing and that it is
not conducive for legislative
businesses
should be ignored and disregarded”,
the PDP had claimed.
However, in a reaction, the Chief of
Staff, Government House, Port
Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha,
described the claims by the PDP as a
lie and a figment of the party’s
imagination.
According to Okocha, “It is a blatant
lie and a figment of PDP’s wicked
imagination. I don’t know why they
(PDP) relish in mischief. There is no
such plan by the Governor.
“The crisis affecting the PDP is not
only political, the party also has
mental crisis because some of its
members have continued to reason
along the absurd”.
It could be recalled that the Rivers
State House of Assembly complex has
remained shut since July 9, 2013 after
a free-for-all among lawmakers.
Both anti- and pro-Amaechi
lawmakers have not held plenary in
the House as the Rivers State Police
Command continues to give
conditions for the reopening of the
Assembly complex.

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