The House of Representatives, Wednesday,confirmed wide-spread speculations over its planned rejection of President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for the amendment of the 2013 Budget by throwing out the fiscal document on the ground that it was incurably bad.

The House rejected the President’s budget amendment proposal after a reporton it was presented at Wednesday’s plenary session by the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business Hon. Sam Tsokwa on behalf of the joint Committees on Rules and Business , Judiciary and Justice which was given the responsibility to examine and determine the legality of the President’s letter to theNational Assembly last March.

Hon. Tsokwa had in the report informed the House that going by the content of the letter, the President was silent on what should be amended in the 2013 Appropriation Act adding that he should have presented a Supplementary Appropriation Act.

Citing reasons why the lawmakers dumpedthe budget amendment proposal, Hon Tsokwa said: “A community reading of section 81 subsections (1) (2) and (4) of theConstitution creates a very strong impression and feeling in the mind that theConstitution does not favour, admit of or even contemplate the amendment of an Appropriation Act save through a Supplementary Appropriation Act. ”

According Hon. Tsokwa: “The document, the Appropriation Act 2013 Amendment Bill, which Mr. President’s communicationforwarded to the House, apart from carrying the title “Appropriation Act 2013 Amendment Bill” and the Bill’s Long Title, has nothing again in it to show that it is a document seeking to amend or repeal and re-enact the 2013 Appropriation Act.

nairaman66: GEJ barely come up with anything good since the inception of SURE-P... Anyone noticed this?

nairaman66: GEJ barely come up with anything good since the inception of SURE-P... Anyone noticed this?

Kayusfity: Abeg where i fit buy garri for here

Silva79: Either them amend am o or nt d moni no go reach my area

Umaekpe: President should by now understand d hand writing on d wall,since Tambuwa still d speaker & strong opposition for dat matter,i dnt think it can be easy for d house to approve any thing made by d president but all i no is dat Gej must surely make it becos nothing good comes easy

Delafruita:
what sorta analogy is this?is tambuwal a member of the appropiation committee?does tambuwal even et to vote on bills?the president and his team should learn how to do the riht thing.they should learn to follow the constituition which they swore to uphold