Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi-West at the National Assembly, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of bringing sentiments into the alterations of the National Assembly to the 2018 budget.
According to Melaye, the National Assembly is not a department of the Presidency, hence it should be allowed to do its job.
After several months of delay, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2018 budget into law on Wednesday but he didn’t hide his displeasure with the insertion of 6,043 projects, resulting in an increase in the budget by N14.5 billion, by the legislature.
However, in his reaction to the Buhari’s statement, Melaye said the President was bringing up “sentiments against the National Assembly”.
He defended the action of the National Assembly, saying that it is the duty of the lawmakers to vet and make inputs and that the assembly cannot just “rubber stamp”…
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