Respectfully, I think Femi Falana is wrong here. A society needs to be better enlightened else it will continue to remain in the doldrums.
I believe as lawyer we need to espouse the powers of the National Assembly which is vested with the constitutional authority to make laws.
For the avoidance of doubt, Section 4 of the Nigerian 1999 Constitution as amended squarely gives the National Assembly unfettered power to make laws concerning anything and everything for the order and good government of Nigeria and on matters that it has been given the powers to legislate on.
The budget is otherwise known as the Appropriation Bill. It is squarely within the constitutional and legislative competence and authority to enact the budget into law.
That they have done. If the Acting President has any issues with the budget or its content, he should raise such up with the National Assembly and whatever decision the National Assembly reaches is final pursuant to Section 4 of the Constitution.
If the Acting President or the President refuses or fails to sign the Budget into law, the National Assembly is empowered to veto the Acting President or the President after 30 days and pass the budget into a bonding and law and document, and the Executive would be bound to implement the budget as passed by the National Assembly.
Falana should be ignored and taken for what he is, a deceiver for personal gains.
Ikechukwu Ikeji is a Lagos based Attorney.
The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and not of Aledeh.
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Anthony Chinwuba Ani
I agree with completely with Bar Ikeji and please the body of Benchers should do something about these SANs that are deceiving the masses with their false interpretation of our laws
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