Rivers governor assents to bill allowing women equal inheritance rights

Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike has signed into law the female Inheritance Bill of Rivers State.

The signing of the bill followed its passage by the Rivers state House of Assembly.

In his remarks while assenting to the bill, Governor Wike noted that it is important to the development of the State seeing as it will enable its people to actualise their potentials, since women will be allowed by law to inherit their entitlements.

While urging women not to be afraid of any threat from members of their families concerning inheritance, Governor Wike asked them to stand up for their rights and challenge any discrimination against them in court, using the law in order to access their entitlements.

The Law was formally known as “The Rivers State Prohibition of the Curtailment of Women’s Right to Share in Family Property Law No. 2 of 2022”