Rivers crisis: NASS has to approve Tinubu’s state of emergency – Senator Abaribe Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the former Minority Leader of the Senate, has emphasized that any declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu requires approval from the National Assembly, as stipulated in the Constitution. In an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday, Abaribe, when asked to speak on the role of the National Assembly following the declaration, said, “Well, I think the Constitution says very clearly that the National Assembly will have to approve...