[FILE PHOTO] Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) leader. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
• Dogara insists it’s lawful for legislators to alter budget
• Says APC leader has fascist agenda to control all levers of power
• Links his ignorance of N’Assembly’s role to dubious certificates
• He’s still bitter over contest for speakership, Reps leader declares
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday decried how an alleged quest by the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the control of the levers of power in the country made him to misunderstand the role of the National Assembly.
Dogara reiterated that the National Assembly is not a rubber stamp parliament and reserves the right, working cooperatively with the executive, to interrogate projects unilaterally inserted into the budget by the executive arm of government.
He maintained that the legislature could not be accused of…
