Nigeria, April 23 -- The Rivers State House of Assembly has overridden Governor Siminalayi Fubara's withdrawal of assent to the amended Local Government Bill.

The House of Assembly dispensed with Mr Fubara's assent to the bill to make it an enforceable law in the state on Monday.

The lawmakers overrode Mr Fubara's veto of the bill with two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Assembly, making it the fifth time in four months that the they have enacted laws without the governor's assent.

The lawmakers, who are loyal to the former governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, took the decision during their 159th sitting, Punch newspaper reported, citing a statement by the media aide to the speaker, Martin Wachukwu.

The bill was earlier ...