President Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion to unruly legislators last Wednesday that the world was watching them was one of the most poignant utterances from him in recent times.

The declaration may at the end of his presidency rival with his inauguration declaration that he belongs to everybody and belongs to nobody.
Last Wednesday’s assertion flowed from the most dramatic budget presentation session since the advent of the Fourth Republic. The presentation saw critics and supporters of the president boo and cheer him as he laid down his financial proposals for the next year.

It was not surprising that the traditional vote of thanks during which the speaker of the House of Representatives compliments the president was cut off as the president was stampeded out of the House.

Unfortunately for the president, the unruly legislators who dared to boo him cannot be prosecuted like the rights activist, Deji Adeyanju who had the audacity to carry out a public demonstration and raise allegations against high government officials. That is because the legislators are vested with parliamentary immunity.

The events of last Wednesday were undoubtedly a breach of the traditions that go with budget presentation.

In many democracies, budget presentations are accorded a solemnity that is normally absent during feisty parliamentary proceedings. In the United Kingdom, it is accompanied with grace and grandeur that sees Her Majesty; the Queen roll out financial plans of her government’s ministers.

Nigeria has also aped some of the grandeur with traditional rolling out of the red carpets for the president, mounted troops of the brigade of guards and all such.

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