National Assembly yesterday said it would not be part of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) being implemented by President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce the level of corruption in governance.

President Buhari had during last Wednesday’s media chat, said he was having challenge with the National Assembly over the TSA.
“We are having problems with them (National Assembly) on TSA. We have to have a closed door session with them,” the president said during the media chat.

TSA was introduced by the federal government to reduce the level of corruption in governance. Buhari shortly after assuming office directed all federal government agencies to key into the new system.

But both upper and lower chambers yesterday said they would not be part of the TSA, saying it amounted to, “surrendering of their autonomy to the executive.”
In an interview, the spokespersons of the senate, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, said they were in total support of the TSA but that they would not be part of it.

“There is no any trouble on TSA, it is as an executive programme and we cannot surrender our autonomy to the executive. Submitting ourselves to the TSA, is surrendering our autonomy to the executive. We are on the first line charge as guaranteed by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Why should we give you our funds to put in the TSA and then we will be subjected to your own control, is that autonomy? That is just the issue; we’ve given our total support to the TSA programme. As far as we are concerned, we cannot subject ourselves to it because it amount to mortgaging our autonomy.

“Our autonomy is guaranteed by the constitution and how our money should be paid is also guaranteed by the constitution. Are we saying our autonomy should be jettisoned? Are we a revenue generating arm? Are we saying that the constitution should be jettisoned, because somebody wants to do TSA? Are we going to put the Constitution aside and follow somebody’s wish? What we are following is constitutional,” he said.
He said the senate would continue to follow due process in discharging their constitutional functions, saying “if you are following due process, you are promoting accountability and by so doing, you are promoting good governance.”

On the pledge by the Senate President Bukola Saraki to make the budget of the National Assembly public and transparent, he said, “when our budget is out, you will see the difference from previous ones.”
Also speaking, the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas said TSA is an executive policy, and that National Assembly as an arm of government was yet to be part of it.

He said though TSA was a good way of ensuring transparency and accountability in handling public funds, they as an arm of government should be allowed to operate with some level of independence. He maintained that they were yet to decide whether to be part of TSA or not.
“You know every arm of government has its ways of operations. The issue of TSA is an executive matter, and in as much as we want to work together with the executive for good governance, we are not part of TSA for now,” he said.

drss1:
true talk. national assemble is an independen arm of govt.

drss1:
true talk. national assemble is an independen arm of govt.

hinwazaka:
They should not comply to any strongarm TSA Tinubu manufactured ponzi scheme. The NASS is an independent branch of the government, not a division of the executive. We are not in a military regime. NOONE has to adjust to the executive's demands, just because the President is throwing a hissy fit. The smart thing the President could have done is to ask the house to vote on it, instead of going on national television to show he is nothing but a coward.

APCsupporter:
We will recall them very soon. The fools are supposed to represent us and not their stomachs. Corrupt thieves.

hinwazaka:
They should not comply to any strongarm TSA Tinubu manufactured ponzi scheme. The NASS is an independent branch of the government, not a division of the executive. We are not in a military regime. NOONE has to adjust to the executive's demands, just because the President is throwing a hissy fit. The smart thing the President could have done is to ask the house to vote on it, instead of going on national television top show he is nothing but a coward.

comos:


they are right. Nigeria is a democratic country, not an empire.
each arm of government should operate independently.

disloman:
Must you people keep reasoning like a pigs?If you don't have any reasonable thing to offer,please remain silent.Do they generate any revenue?Who pay them their salaries and allowance?The money they will spend,who will get it out?The bank that is in charge of the country finances is under who?Any expenses they wanna incur,Can't they make it known to the Executive.This is why some people don't believe all these bullsh1ts on how independent the arms of government are.They can't be separated.

hinwazaka:
They should not comply to any strongarm TSA Tinubu manufactured ponzi scheme. The NASS is an independent branch of the government, not a division of the executive. We are not in a military regime. NOONE has to adjust to the executive's demands, just because the President is throwing a hissy fit. The smart thing the President could have done is to ask the house to vote on it, instead of going on national television to show he is nothing but a coward.

President Buhari had during last Wednesday’s
media chat, said he was having challenge with
the National Assembly over the TSA.
“We are having problems with them (National
Assembly) on TSA. We have to have a closed
door session with them,” the president said
during the media chat.

They should not comply to any strongarm TSA
Tinubu manufactured ponzi scheme. The NASS is
an independent branch of the government, not a
division of the executive. We are not in a military
regime. NOONE has to adjust to the executive's
demands, just because the President is throwing
a hissy fit. The smart thing the President could
have done is to ask the house to vote on it,
instead of going on national television to show
he is nothing but a coward.

comos:


they are right. Nigeria is a democratic country, not an empire.
each arm of government should operate independently.