Nine out of the ten members of the Rivers House of Assembly have confirmed the appointment of Justice Iyayi Lamikanra, as the substantive Chief Judge of the state.
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Dabotorudima Adams, announced this after the nine lawmakers in the state House of Assembly sat Monday morning to deliberate on the request by Governor Nyesom Wike for the confirmation of the Acting Chief Judge as a substantive Chief Judge of the state.
After the Court of Appeal nullified the election of 22 members out of the 32 members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nine PDP lawmakers were left, with Victoria Nyeche as the only APC member who won at the Appeal Court, making up 10 members.
However, Victoria Nyeche, is yet to be sworn in by the Speaker.
Nyeche, a two-time lawmaker, had argued before now that the Rivers Assembly as currently constituted could not form a constitutionally allowed quorum.
However, Chris Itamunola, a lawyer and Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike disagreed.
He said nine members could sit and make laws because the constitution never anticipated what had happened in Rivers and it abhorred a vacuum in governance.
Itamunola argued that Victoria Nyeche had no locus to speak on what constitutes a quorum because she had not been sworn in as a member of the House.
The announcement of the confirmation of Justice Lamikanra no doubt would be subject to critical analysis by Constitutional lawyers and political analysts if nine lawmakers in a House of Assembly comprising 32 members could make laws in a situation where 22 members’ seats were voided by the Appeal Court

Hmmmm
Rivers politics is always special
Na wa o

Abeg wat is unbelievable abt dat?...

I still dey look

Blizzy9ja:
Abeg wat is unbelievable abt dat?...

I think a minimum of 11 members are needed to form a quorum in state houses of assembly. Only 10 members remain in Rivers state house as the other 11 had their mandates overturned by the courts. Technically speaking, the Rivers state house of assembly shouldn't even be sitting till after the re-runs are conducted.

Wetin dey there?

CHAIRMAN1:

I think a minimum of 11 members are needed to form a quorum in state houses of assembly. Only 10 members remain in Rivers state house as the other 11 had their mandates overturned by the courts. Technically speaking, the Rivers state house of assembly shouldn't even be sitting till after the re-runs are conducted.

Cry no more.

CHAIRMAN1:

I think a minimum of 11 members are needed to form a quorum in state houses of assembly. Only 10 members remain in Rivers state house as the other 11 had their mandates overturned by the courts. Technically speaking, the Rivers state house of assembly shouldn't even be sitting till after the re-runs are conducted.

The word is elected members what is the quorum for 10 members? As it stands now the assemble is made up of only duly elected members so only them can lawfully sit in the house as there can not be a vacuum.

APC in Rivers will Neva learn.
So they shld lock up the assembly as Amaechi did until all members are complete. Lol.
Wat if INEC postpones the election till December?? U mean no legislative function shld b performed till all 32 members are present.
APC no dey die once.

CHAIRMAN1:

I think a minimum of 11 members are needed to form a quorum in state houses of assembly. Only 10 members remain in Rivers state house as the other 11 had their mandates overturned by the courts. Technically speaking, the Rivers state house of assembly shouldn't even be sitting till after the re-runs are conducted.

I dunno wat d law says abt it but d Hon. Evans Bipi spoke of d legality of d process... I think I heard something abt 2/3 of d house giving a nod 2 d whole process which make it legal.