The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State Home of Meeting has given the primary studying to the Rivers State Commissions of Inquiry Invoice, 2024, at its 69th legislative sitting.
The invoice, sponsored by Deputy Speaker, Dumle Maol, Lolo Opuende, and Sylvanus Nwankwo, seeks to repeal the Commissions of Inquiry Legislation, CAP 30, Legal guidelines of Rivers State, 1999, and re-enact the Rivers State Commissions of Inquiry Legislation.
Presenting the invoice, Maol defined that the laws has its roots within the colonial period, particularly the previous Jap Nigeria.
He emphasised that the invoice aimed to supply a authorized framework for the holding of Commissions of Inquiry within the state.
“The essence of the Invoice is to repeal the Commissions of Inquiry Legislation, CAP 30, Legal guidelines of Rivers State, 1999, and to re-enact the Rivers State Commissions of Inquiry Legislation for the holding of Commissions of Inquiry, and for different issues linked thereto,” Maol mentioned.
The Speaker, Amaewhule, nevertheless, urged members to completely research the Invoice and put together for a sturdy debate on the subsequent legislative sitting.
