Martins Amaehwule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly on Sunday expressed its disapproval of the passage of the 2024 budget by the four members of the state assembly led by Edison Ehie.

Sunday Telegraph had last week reported that the four-man House of Assembly members approved the sum of N800 billion budget, shortly after it was presented by Governor Similanayi Fubara in the government house.

Amaehwule, who is aligned with former Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, criticized Fubara for allegedly overseeing the demolition of the State House of Assembly complex without prior notification.

“The governor’s action is against the law. We hear that some four persons gathered and are meeting somewhere. We don’t know what they are doing.

“Rivers people should know today that the House of Assembly of any state is defined by the Constitution; to reconvene the House, you need to have a quorum, and the quorum is 11.

“We are 27, and they are just four. They are just doing a family meeting. Anything they told you they had done, ignore them; it’s null and void. The law is clear about it,” he said.