{"id":115305,"date":"2024-11-24T06:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T05:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115305"},"modified":"2024-11-24T06:10:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T05:10:01","slug":"rivers-will-receive-federal-allocation-despite-legal-battle-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/rivers-will-receive-federal-allocation-despite-legal-battle-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers will receive federal allocation despite legal battle \u2013 FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1816528222187749587\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation says it will adhere to court orders regarding the disbursement of federal allocations to Rivers State, following recent legal controversies surrounding the state\u2019s financial entitlements.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1816528222187749587-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Director of Press and Public Relations at the OAGF, Bawa Mokwa, while speaking to the media, said, \u201cWe are going to obey court order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince there is a notice of appeal, the notice of appeal has overridden the earlier court judgment. So far, it is a court order that we will obey; if there is a notice of appeal, Rivers will be paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The assurance comes amid a Federal High Court ruling on October 30, 2024, which directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to withhold further monthly allocations to Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The court ruled that Governor Siminalayi Fubara\u2019s presentation of the 2024 budget to a four-member House of Assembly was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, who delivered the judgment, stated that since January 2024, allocations received and spent by the state were based on an illegitimate budget, describing it as a \u201cconstitutional aberration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ruling raised questions over the legitimacy of the State House of Assembly\u2019s composition and its authority to approve budgets.<\/p>\n<p>The judge contended that the governor\u2019s actions ignored constitutional requirements for budget approval by a fully constituted House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering judgment in suit FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/984\/2024, Justice Abdulmalik declared that decisions made by the four-member Fubara-backed Assembly were void, referencing prior rulings by the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal that had annulled its authority.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling also held that Fubara\u2019s actions violated Sections 91 and 96 of the 1999 Constitution, and warned that any continued bypassing of legislative processes constituted an affront to the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s decision followed a suit filed by the State House of Assembly faction led by Martin Amaewhule, challenging the legitimacy of the four-member faction loyal to Fubara.<\/p>\n<p>The Amaewhule-led Assembly had earlier declared in July that all state expenditures would be halted until the governor resubmitted his budget to the legitimate legislative body.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Abdulmalik denied a request to stay the proceedings, dismissing the application as \u201cfrivolous and vexatious.\u201d She also refused to recuse herself from the case, rejecting the defence\u2019s allegations of bias.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Rivers State Government swiftly filed a notice of appeal against the ruling.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation says it will adhere to court orders regarding the disbursement of federal allocations to Rivers State, following recent legal controversies surrounding the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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