Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the
house of representatives, says the federal lawmakers will continue to do their
work as required despite claims that they are not properly checking the
executive.
Addressing state house
correspondents after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2020 budget into law
on Tuesday, Gbajabiamila said Nigerians will be the ultimate beneficiaries of a
harmonious relationship between the executive and legislature.
The speaker added that the
synergy between the two arms of government is being misunderstood because
“there will always be naysayers.”
“Many are wont to criticise that
(the synergy) because we have a lot of naysayers; many will say we are
rubber-stamps. On the other hand, others will say the budget has come out with
higher figures,” he said.
“So, which one is it; are we
rubber-stamps or are we doing what we are supposed to do as a legislature?
“There will always be naysayers,
but we’ll continue to do what we need to do as legislature, and the executive
will continue to do what they do.”
Gbajabiamila said the national
assembly will monitor the implementation
of the budget through the “relevant committees”.
“We have a year to monitor; from
January to December,” he said.
“Just as he (Buhari) gave
investors confidence, he also told members of national assembly that there’ll
be over-sighting confidence and room to do their work. So, I don’t think
there’ll be any problem in terms of monitoring and oversighting.”
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