“Fubara can’t change sitting venue of House of Assembly” – Falana

According to Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria and a human rights lawyer, Governor Siminalayi Fubara does not have the authority to determine the location where the Rivers State House of Assembly holds its meetings.

Falana made this declaration during an interview on Sunday Politics, a program broadcasted by Channels Television.

He stated that Governor Fubara is not empowered to direct the members of the Rivers State assembly to convene at the Government House, as the legislative branch functions independently from the executive branch.

Falana emphasized that the power to decide the venue for the assembly’s sessions lies solely with the lawmakers and cannot be changed unilaterally by the governor.

He said;

“I would like to assume that the governor issued that executive order before the intervention of the High Court Rivers State.

“The house is independent of the executive. So the governor cannot tell the house where to sit”.