Hope of an end to the friction between President Goodluck Jonathan and the House of Representatives brightened on Friday with the decision of the President to bow to some of the demands made by the lower legislative chamber.
Feelers from the two meetings the President has held with the Speaker of the House of Reps, Hon Aminu Tambuwal, in the past one week revealed that the President decided to yield some grounds to the lawmakers because of what a Presidency source called his “deep concern for the nation’s political stability.”
The lawmakers had been at daggers drawn with the President over what they termed an uninspiring implementation of the 2012 budget and the contempt of the executive for resolutions and bills passed by them.
The friction got to a head last week when they gave the executive up till the end of September to implement the budget 100 per cent, failing which they would launch impeachment proceedings against the President.
The implementation of the budget is now expected to be fast-tracked while the President is also said to have demanded a fresh, comprehensive report from the Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the controversial recall of the D.G. of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh.
"Mr. President believes that while he is addressing insecurity in the country, his administration should not give room for political instability... I can tell you that he will address some of the issues tabled by the House. Some of the bills awaiting assent may be signed next week, although he will be taking them one by one on merit. Any of the bills which requires fine-tuning may be returned to the National Assembly after mutual consultations.
“The President has also taken steps to pacify the Senate which is also aggrieved by non-implementation of some resolutions, especially the Report of its Committee on Privatization. There may be action on reports from the National Assembly on BPE, SEC and Pension scam.
“If not for the maturity of the Senate President, David Mark, the relationship between the Executive and the National Assembly would have been worse," a Presidency source revealed.
The implementation of the budget is now expected to be fast-tracked while the President is also said to have demanded a fresh, comprehensive report from the Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the controversial recall of the D.G. of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh.
"Mr. President believes that while he is addressing insecurity in the country, his administration should not give room for political instability... I can tell you that he will address some of the issues tabled by the House. Some of the bills awaiting assent may be signed next week, although he will be taking them one by one on merit. Any of the bills which requires fine-tuning may be returned to the National Assembly after mutual consultations.
“The President has also taken steps to pacify the Senate which is also aggrieved by non-implementation of some resolutions, especially the Report of its Committee on Privatization. There may be action on reports from the National Assembly on BPE, SEC and Pension scam.
“If not for the maturity of the Senate President, David Mark, the relationship between the Executive and the National Assembly would have been worse," a Presidency source revealed.
To PDP every violation of the constitution is a family affair so am not surprised. Shina
ReplyDeleteJona and his party will be impeach in 2015 by Nigerians.
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Has the House of Reps ever kept to their words? The answer is NO!
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Mr President,You have disappointed the nation.You have failed to check on the corruption.Your wife is collecting salary as a ghost Permanent secretary from your home state where many people are jobless.Corruption is up to the roof in your administration.Even though you look honest in the face but you are very dangerous like a green snake under a green grass.If you want to have a good legacy as a President,you should clean your administration of all the corrupt officials.The world is laughing at 9ja as to what's going on in your administration.
ReplyDeleteMr President,Three way to discribe you;Either you a weak President,accomplice of the corruption or not qualify to be a president.You are a disgrace and disappointment.You has not earn any significant achievement since you been sworned in to rule 9ja.All we hear & read is d looting of the wealth of our great nation.You need to get rid of corruption in your adminitration immediately.
ReplyDeleteBros wetin una de talk,GEJ na small devil wey never grow wings for corruption level for 9aija.Today na very big enjoyment for all 9aija people,ebi like say una no dey see welloooo.Year 2015 na helele for 9aija as GEJ don hand over the rulership of 9aija to the WORLD KNOWN EVIL GENIUS,IBB.GEJ don return government to the master planner,the OIC father wey don give birth to BH-Boko Haram which will soon give birth to IJ-Islamic Jihad for 9aija.It is a TASK that must be accomplished,Koran must be deeped into the river 9aija b4 the year 2025.It is already written in the Arab league agenda book.QED!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOne word to describe Jonathan is coward.He forgot that legacy is the only thing that is permenent in this world.
ReplyDeleteMy leter to gej and his lawmakers. The law makers and gej are just kidding with a new brainwashing plane. Have you people eva heard our lawmakers did something gud against government 4 the sec of local nigerians? Weda gej implement budjet or not is not our problems but yours as you are planing to loot alot out of it. Nigerians are aweared of incompentancy of our lawmakers and president interm of gud ambision to masses but briliant in looting our wealth if you are to steal cary silently without much noises, buhari is coming by 2015 all of you must shirt in your trosers at our local prisons dat you tought you can escape. Jibril makarfi
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