The five-member faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Edison Ehie, on Wednesday, passed the 2024 budget proposal.
The State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had earlier presented the budget estimates to the assembly for approval.
The four-man assembly was presided over by Edison Ehie who was on Tuesday backed by a ruling of the Rivers State High Court as the authentic Speaker of the State Assembly.
Tagged as the ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity’, the Rivers State Executive Council had earlier approved the budget estimates.
The budget presentation was done within the premises of the Rivers State government house following the earlier demolition of the State Assembly Complex.
Before the arrival of Fubara, the Speaker had declared the seats of all 27 lawmakers who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) vacant in line with section 109 (1) and (2) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.