”Reps Decision On Rivers Assembly Hasty”

[Shola Sholaz]

Mr. Chidi Amadi, a former member of the Rivers House of Assembly, on Thursday described as hasty, the House of Representatives resolution on the state assembly.
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The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Wednesday, urging the National Assembly to allow it to take over the legislative functions of the Rivers assembly immediately.
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Amadi, who represented Obio/Akpor constituency II on the platform of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers from 1991 to 1993, told reporters in Port Harcourt that the House of Representatives should have allowed a committee it set up to investigate the crisis first.
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He also said that the lower chamber of the National Assembly should have monitored events in the Rivers assembly before passing the resolution.
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"The events at the National Assembly, taking a cue from the first point of departure, the lower house, the House of Representatives, I want to say that the resolution of the House of Representatives was quite disappointing.