Governor of Rivers State can now appoint council chairmen and keep them for nine months, a new law has confirmed. This is sequel to the Rivers State Local Government (amendment No.1) Law Number 5 of 2016. He also signed a law on criminal justice.
The two laws are: The Rivers State Local Government (
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Ignatius Chukwu
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