 The River State chapter of the all-progressive Congress, A.T.C., has warned the state governor Simeolae Fubara against running the state without a duly approved budget by the state House of Assembly. The chairman of the Ketecha Committee of the party in the state, Tony Okocha, made the call when he visited the speaker of the House of Assembly, Martin Zamaoule, at his office or official residence in Potakot, alongside his executive members. The Ketecha Committee chairman, Tony Okocha, however, alleged that within five months the state government under the leadership of Simeolae Fubara received the sum of $144.2 billion from the federal account. Okocha noted that the funds have not really been transmitted to action in terms of development in the state. He said despite the allocation received between June to November last year by Governor Fubara, the state is yet to see how it has been invested into developmental projects. He warned that the party will not hesitate to punish any of its members found to be involved in the ongoing squandering of the commonwealth of the people of the state. We frown at the governor's impunity in running reverse states without a budget. However, we remind him that it's with amount of gross financial misconduct for him to continue in this dangerous voyage. The right-wing speaker is finding that the whopping sum of $144 billion, $291 billion, $637,000, $791 naira, 0.1 crore, have been received from federal allocation from that park. This amount quoted here is assigned eternally generated revenue of the state, which is put at fundamentally $10 billion naira every month. We regret that these commonwealth amounts have not transmitted to action in any way in terms of development in the state. What we see are heavily funded civil sessions and media presences. The APC caretaker chairman, however, expressed delight on how the defected legislators carried out their legislative businesses and oversight functions, urging the 27 lawmakers who defected to the APC to domesticate the local government autonomy, which was recently passed into law. Responding, the speaker of the Reverse State House of Assembly, the right-honorable Martin Zamawele thanked the APC leadership for the visit, saying it will strengthen members of the House. Zamawele said their assembly had recently passed many bills into law, which includes local government autonomy bill. He explained that the lawmakers decided to override the executive over non-consent to some bills in order to strengthen democratic process in river state. That law has clearly showed that the Reverse House of Assembly is financially autonomous. That law is strengthening our independence as an arm of government. You are already aware that there has been a constitutional amendment to that effect. And what we have just done is to demonstrate the acts of the National Assembly in such a way that it will function to the interest of reverse people. And I'm happy that we now have it as a law. We are surprised that the governor chose to withhold his assent when some other states are already totally aligned with the act of the National Assembly. As we speak, there are states where the governor goes to regular and bias. They already have financial autonomy. Because it has it. When reverse did not have financial autonomy, the state legislature did not have it. So in this manner, we are strengthening the local government system. We are also strengthening the state legislature. We are strengthening the traditional institutions. This is a democratic aspect of our life that needs touch. Resist and show that in 10th Assembly, we do justice. So let's give it a zero percent.