The Lagos state house of assembly
on Monday frustrated the bid of Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of the state, to
present the 2019 budget.
Unlike in the last three years
when the exercise went smoothly, the governor met brick wall in his attempt to
lay his last budget before the lawmakers.
Ambode had contacted the
lawmakers that he was set to present the budget but he was not given the
opportunity.
When around 3pm, there were signs
that the appropriation bill would be presented, journalists trooped to the
assembly.
But 20 minutes later, an official
at the assembly briefed the reporters that the presentation would no longer
hold.
“I know you are journalists and
here for your job but the budget will not be presented today,” he said.
“The speaker and the lawmakers
are having a private session and would not like to see people at the lobby.”
As of the time of filing this
report, the advance team of the governor were still within the premises of the
assembly while the parliamentary session is ongoing.
Ambode’s relationship with the
lawmakers went cold after he fell out with the leadership of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
There had been reports of attempt
to impeach the governor but Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the assembly, has
denied this consistently.
Shortly after he lost the
governorship ticket of the ruling party to Babajide Sanwo-Olu who has the
support of Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the party, and key APC members in
Lagos, the assembly reviewed the waste evacuation policy of the state without
consulting the governor.
Ambode had disengaged the PSP
operators following the introduction of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative, through
the Visionscape Sanitation Solution Limited but the assembly overruled the
governor in October and directed the PSP operators back to work.
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