Gov Wike signs two Bills passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly into Law.

The new local government law would allow the him to extend the appointments of the caretaker committees up to nine months, the governor said while speaking to reporters after signing the law.
He added that the extension is aimed at ensuring stability in council administration.

Wike blamed those criticizing the law as ignorant as he said the new law gives some caretaker committee chairmen third tenure is unfounded as the caretaker committees are not elected officials.
“Instead of three months or six months, this amended law allows the governor to appoint caretaker committees for nine months. It is not meant to keep the caretaker committees in perpetuity. Once we have elected councils, the elected officials will stay for three years, subject and for a maximum of two terms”, he said.
Responding to the opposition’s criticism of the law, the governor said “those in the APC criticizing this amendment have soon forgotten that they passed laws in two minutes while they were at the State Assembly.