The House of Representatives has inaugurated a committee to oversee legislative activities of the suspended Rivers State House of Assembly.
The committee was inaugurated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.
Abbas, while inaugurating the ad-hoc committee on Tuesday, urged the members to legislate on behalf of the suspended Rivers State House of Assembly in line with the provisions of the Constitution.
The committee members are lawmakers drawn from each geopolitical zone of the country.
The Speaker in his address to the ad-hoc members urged them to be non-partisan in discharging their statutory legislative responsibilities, stressing that they should offer quality legislative activities for good governance and in the interest of the oil-rich state.
He said, “Your task is to oversee Rivers State following Mr. President’s emergency proclamation. You must not be partisan or biased.”
Present at the event are the House Leader who doubles as the Chairman of the Committee, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, Ali Isah, PDP, Gombe, Deputy Chairman, Idris Wase (North Central), Aliyu Muktar (North East), Sada Soli (North West), Iduma Igariwey (South East), and Shehu Rijau.
Other members include Wole Oke, Akarachi Amadi, Patrick Umoh, and Isa Anka, among others.
Members of the ad hoc committee were also drawn from different political parties in the House of Representatives.
