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The suspended lawmaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin has backed the recent comment by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that the National Assembly has no power to insert new projects in a budget proposal.
Jibrin, a former chairman of the House of Representatives appropriation committee, said "The acting president made what, in my opinion, was a harmless remark when he observed that the National Assembly has no powers to introduce new projects in the budget. In the same statement, however, he admitted the powers of NASS to allocate resources as that is its core powers of appropriation.
"I consider his statement very objective. His tone wasn't confrontational, neither was his body language. Osinbajo had a day earlier signed the 2017 budget noting that there were grey areas, especially funds lifted from key projects, to introduce new projects by NASS."
The suspended lawmaker also said Osinbajo "Must strive to also be feared, through resistance to compromising settlements in his relationship with N/Assembly. The reason isn't far-fetched: all attempts to flatter and hoodwink President Buhari into signing the 2016 budget, by assuring to make corrections later, met an impenetrable brick wall."
Jibrin, a former chairman of the House of Representatives appropriation committee, said "The acting president made what, in my opinion, was a harmless remark when he observed that the National Assembly has no powers to introduce new projects in the budget. In the same statement, however, he admitted the powers of NASS to allocate resources as that is its core powers of appropriation.
"I consider his statement very objective. His tone wasn't confrontational, neither was his body language. Osinbajo had a day earlier signed the 2017 budget noting that there were grey areas, especially funds lifted from key projects, to introduce new projects by NASS."
The suspended lawmaker also said Osinbajo "Must strive to also be feared, through resistance to compromising settlements in his relationship with N/Assembly. The reason isn't far-fetched: all attempts to flatter and hoodwink President Buhari into signing the 2016 budget, by assuring to make corrections later, met an impenetrable brick wall."
