“As to whether the National Assembly has the power to make inputs to Appropriation Bills laid before it, our stand is that the parliament is constitutionally empowered to make inputs. What the constitution enjoins Mr. President to lay before the National Assembly are mere estimates, not immutable figures."
Senate President, David Mark has warned President Goodluck Jonathan against seeing the National Assembly as “a mere mechanical rubber-stamp that must robotically pass budget estimates as presented.”
Mark stated this in his opening remarks at the presentation of the 2013 budget estimates by President Jonathan to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja.
Insisting that they would continue to make input to Appropriation Bills as constitutionally provided, the Senate President said: "Once the estimates are so laid, their consideration becomes subject to the constitutionally prescribed modes of exercising legislative power.”
Insisting that they would continue to make input to Appropriation Bills as constitutionally provided, the Senate President said: "Once the estimates are so laid, their consideration becomes subject to the constitutionally prescribed modes of exercising legislative power.”
Does David Mark know anything about budget procees? Absolutely no....so he doesnt know what he's saying. Dagogo
ReplyDeleteThe friction between the NASS and the President is good for democracy as it would engender checks and balance of our resources.
ReplyDeleteHow many checks and balances have been made to benefit the masses?
DeleteDavid Mark is indirectly telling the President that he needed to be bribe as usual b4 d budget can proceed.Bastard theives and rogues.God will punish all these bastards.Only bloody revolution that will save 9ja.These looters must be wipe out.
ReplyDeleteYou're 100% right.
Delete2 bad that bribing is the rule of the game in Natinal Assembly.Shame on these bastards/looters politicians.
DeleteDavid Mark is just reading through the script he was given. From the beginning,
ReplyDeleteit has been his personal interest in everything. However, he must play along to
survive the turbulence of our recent time and politics. He is just there to
protect the president!
Harrison.
Implementations + checks and balances + or - NASS = MORE LOOTING...!!
ReplyDeleteDavid mark is fool for saying this after all this is not the first that he'll say this but later the thing will just be approved. What he need is bribe from jonathan YOU THIS BLOODY ARMEDROBBER.
ReplyDeleteLEGZY