The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday said that the National Assembly has powers to alter national budget according to the desire of the citizens.
He stated this during plenary after Rep. Abubakar Lawal (APC- Adamawa) drew the attention of the lower chamber to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s remarks.
Osinbajo’s was reported in the media to have said that the power of appropriation was vested with the executive.
According to Dogara, it is left to the judiciary to interpret which arm of the government has the powers to alter the budget according to the Constitution.
“This issue is left to the judiciary to interpret to us as to what arm of government has power to do what. For me, this is not an issue we should dwell so much on.
“I don’t want to believe that the Acting President made…
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