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Less than 72 hours after BusinessDaySunday’s special report on possibility of Rivers State joining the status of an ‘ungoverned territory’, the state’s 2026 budget which had caused uproar for not being looked into by the state’s House of Assembly, was debated, approved, and signed into law.
The speed was described by some observers as “supersonic” for the fact that the budget had remained “abandoned” since July 10, 2026, only to gain speed after media uproar.
By Monday, August 31, 2026, the House led by Martin Amaewhule picked it up and began action. By Wednesday, talks were more serious, and by Thursday, September 3, 2026, the budget was transmitted to the Government House for signing.
