Nwifuru made the assertion in Abakaliki after he received an award of an “Outstanding Speaker” from the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state.
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The group also alleged that 15 other members of the House sacked by the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo were not registered members of APC.
Chief Francis Nwifuru, Speaker of the House, read a letter purportedly written by Chief Obasi Odefa, Deputy Speaker of the House, indicating that he (Odefa) had resigned his position as a House member and subsequently the Deputy Speaker.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the budget tagged, ‘Budget of Stabilisation and Consolidation in a Recession’ is lower than the 2020 revised budget of N132 billion.
This development was part of the outcome of Governor David Umahi’s statewide broadcast on Saturday at the new Government House, Abakaliki
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has directed residents of the state to wear nose masks whenever they are outside their homes to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The Bill, which he christened: “Budget of Divine Fulfillment,” was lower than that of the outgoing year, put at N208.33 billion.
Umahi said during the occasion in Abakaliki that the State Executive Council painstakingly reviewed the performance of the 2018 Budget and expressed satisfaction with its implementation.
Nwifuru spoke in Abakaliki when NULGE members marched to the assembly complex to seek the lawmakers support for local government autonomy, already endorsed by the National Assembly.
He said: “I arrived in Enugu from Abuja after attending an agricultural conference in China and decided to honour the invitation, which came to my office in my absence