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With less than a week left for President Goodluck Jonathan to present the 2014 budget proposal to a joint session of the parliament, a mild drama ensued at the chamber of the House of Representatives as some members were bent on denying the president’s request.
LEADERSHIP recalls that Jonathan had, in a letter read on the floor of the House last week, requested the lawmakers to allow him to present the budget proposal on Tuesday, November 12.
The rules of the House states that lawmakers need to suspend their relevant rules in order to allow a non-lawmaker access into the chamber for an address. To proceed on that order, Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal called on Deputy House Leader Leo Ogor to move the motion for the suspension of House rules.
But the House was immediately divided on the motion as some members raised objections and threatened to put the process on hold.
Hon Aliyu Sani Madaki (PDP, Kano) who led the assault came under matters of personal explanation and told the House that due to the poor implementation of the 2013 budget, the lawmakers ought to postpone Jonathan’s budget presentation in order to ascertain why.
Tambuwal, however, prevailed on them to rest the matter, saying there would not be a repeat.
He added that with what the House committees saw during their oversights of ministries, departments and agencies, the 2013 budget performance is below 40 percent.
He said the House could not accept any budget as it is yet to consider the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) by Jonathan.
Lending his voice to Madaki’s argument, Hon. Ben Nwankwo (APGA, Anambra) said the House had the constitutional powers to ascertain budget performance, saying all they needed to do was to postpone Jonathan’s presentation.
Also, Hon. Friday Itulah (PDP, Edo) said most lawmakers were not satisfied that with less than seven weeks for the year to run out, budget implementation has been very poor so far.
However, Hon Warman Ogoribo (PDP, Bayelsa) and Hon Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi) argued that no motion or opinion should make the lawmakers stop Jonathan’s presentation on Tuesday, saying some committees’ oversights reports were yet to be completed.
This turned the House chamber into a rowdy session for a while as members openly booed their two colleagues.
- Leadership
LEADERSHIP recalls that Jonathan had, in a letter read on the floor of the House last week, requested the lawmakers to allow him to present the budget proposal on Tuesday, November 12.
The rules of the House states that lawmakers need to suspend their relevant rules in order to allow a non-lawmaker access into the chamber for an address. To proceed on that order, Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal called on Deputy House Leader Leo Ogor to move the motion for the suspension of House rules.
But the House was immediately divided on the motion as some members raised objections and threatened to put the process on hold.
Hon Aliyu Sani Madaki (PDP, Kano) who led the assault came under matters of personal explanation and told the House that due to the poor implementation of the 2013 budget, the lawmakers ought to postpone Jonathan’s budget presentation in order to ascertain why.
Tambuwal, however, prevailed on them to rest the matter, saying there would not be a repeat.
He added that with what the House committees saw during their oversights of ministries, departments and agencies, the 2013 budget performance is below 40 percent.
He said the House could not accept any budget as it is yet to consider the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) by Jonathan.
Lending his voice to Madaki’s argument, Hon. Ben Nwankwo (APGA, Anambra) said the House had the constitutional powers to ascertain budget performance, saying all they needed to do was to postpone Jonathan’s presentation.
Also, Hon. Friday Itulah (PDP, Edo) said most lawmakers were not satisfied that with less than seven weeks for the year to run out, budget implementation has been very poor so far.
However, Hon Warman Ogoribo (PDP, Bayelsa) and Hon Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi) argued that no motion or opinion should make the lawmakers stop Jonathan’s presentation on Tuesday, saying some committees’ oversights reports were yet to be completed.
This turned the House chamber into a rowdy session for a while as members openly booed their two colleagues.
- Leadership
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