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| Speaker Tambuwal |
The House of Representatives has finally dumped the consideration of the 2013 supplementary budget.
According to the lawmakers that termed the document forwarded by
President Goodluck Jonathan 2013 Appropriation Bill No. 2, the
preparation and presentation of the document failed constitutional
process.
The consideration of the
Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill 2013 that seeks to appropriate a
total sum of N4,987,382,196,690.00 was listed for the third time for
second reading yesterday following the conclusion of the work of
Committees on Justice and Rules and Business that were mandated to
ascertain the constitutionality of the bill.
Yakubu Dogara (PDP, Bauchi) had
on on June 5, 2013 raised a constitutional point of order citing
Section 81(1), (2) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution as amended and’
observed that the Appropriation Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill is more of a
new 2013 Appropriation Bill than an Amendment Bill 2013.
Chairman, Committee in Rules
and Business, Albert Sam-Tsokwa while presenting the report said the
bill failed to follow constitutional procedure in both its preparation
and presentation to the National Assembly.
The Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal did
not entertain debates after Sam-Tsokwa’s presentation and in his ruling
sustained Dogara’s point of order, thu
s jettisoning the consideration
of the bill.
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