Rivers State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the
Government of Rivers State
The Government of Rivers State consists of elected representatives and appointed officials responsible for the government of Rivers State, Nigeria. Rivers State has a population of about 5 million people, and is one of the 36 states that make up t ...
inaugurated in 1979. It is a
unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
body with 32 members elected into 32 state constituencies. The current
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** I ...
of the State Assembly is Rt. Hon.
Ikuinyi O. Ibani.
History
Powers
Qualifications
Composition
Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly
The
8th Rivers State House of Assembly
The 8th Rivers State House of Assembly is the current session of the Rivers State legislature. It was formed after the 11 April and 18 2015 elections. Representatives of the Assembly were elected from 32 constituencies with members of the People's ...
consists of 32 elected representatives from each constituency
Committees
*Public Accounts
*House Services
*Training & Information
*Finance
*Judiciary
*Local Government
*Works
*Women Affairs
*Commerce & Industry
*Agriculture
*Water resources
*Education
*Youth Employment & Empowerment
*Social Welfare & Rehabilitation/ Pilgrims Board SIEC Budget
*Commissions & Agencies
*Rules & Business Committee
*Public petitions
*Ethics & Privileges
*UBE
*Sustainable Development / Emergency Relief
*Transport
*Health
*Power
*Energy & Natural Resources
*Chieftaincy & Community Affairs
*Land, Housing & Urban Development
*Sports
*Environment
*Bills and Motions
*Employment
References
External links
Rivers State Assembly
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Politics of Rivers State
Old GRA, Port Harcourt
1979 establishments in Nigeria
1970s establishments in Rivers State
State lower houses in Nigeria