Three bills have passed first reading on the floor of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
The bills are the Rivers State female circumcision abolition amendment bill 2019 sponsored by the majority leader, Martin Amaewhule and Rivers State dehumanizing and harmful practice abolition amendment bill 2019 by Sam Ogeh, representing Emohua constituency.
The third bill, Rivers State Violence Against Persons prohibition bill 2019 was jointly sponsored by Martin Amaewhule and Sam Ogeh.
At the presentation of the bills, Mr. Martin Amaewhule said the Rivers State female circumcision abolition amendment bill 2019 is to amend the female circumcision abolition law number two of 2001.
On his part, Sam Ogeh said the Rivers State dehumanizing and harmful practice abolition amendment bill 2019 will repeal the principal law of 2003.
Speaker of the State Assembly, Mr. Ikuinyi Ibani assured that all necessary processes would be followed in the passage of the bill.
Meanwhile ,the House has adjourned its sitting to Thursday 27th of June, 2019.
SPONSORED FROM: THE PEOPLE OF DABIRA, COMMUNITY BILLE KINGDOM. DATE: JANUARY 23, 2025 We, the people of Dabira community, hereby submit this formal reply in response to the Ijaw National Congress (I.N.C) press release issued by the Elem-Kalabari Council of Chiefs on January 23, 2025. In response to the claims made by the Elem-Kalabari community, we provide the following perspectives based on territorial rights, historical ownership, and the law. 1. TERRITORIAL CLAIMS AND ENCROACHMENT We categorically reject the assertion by the Elem-Ama Council that the Bille people’s claims of encroachment are "false alarms." The ongoing surveying activities in the Cawthorne Channel area, which have been identified as encroaching on Bille lands, are clear legal violations under customary and statutory law. According to established legal principles governing the ownership and use of land, including the Nigerian Land Use Act (1978), the rights of indigenous communities to their ancestral lan...
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