Shouts of 'No, No, No' rented the
air at the House of Representatives chambers this morning as the Speaker of the
House, Yakubu Dogara, read a letter from President Buhari of his intention to
address a joint session of the National Assembly on November 7th.
President Buhari in his letter
said he will be presenting an estimate of the 2018 budget to members of the
National Assembly.
Hardly had Speaker Dogara
finished reading the letter from the President than the lawmakers started
shouting 'no, no, no'. The protesting lawmakers, both from APC and PDP, did
not, however, state in clear terms why they were objecting to President
Buhari's presentation on November 7th.
When the uproar which endured for
some 60 seconds fizzled out, the Speaker reminded the protesters that they
had no legal right to stop President Buhari from addressing the joint session
of the House.
‘I wish we have the
constitutional right to say no. But unfortunately, we don’t have it…This House
is the custodian of the constitution. The President has the right…” he said
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