Members of the House of
Representatives have taken
a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan
over his
failure to implement the 2012 N4.886
trillion budget.
To this extent, the lawmakers
threatened to
commence the process of impeachment
as from 18th
September 2012 deadline if the
president and his
ministers fail to ensure full
implementation of the
2012 Appropriation Act as signed into
law.
The Lower House also tasked Presidency
to
personally ensure compliance by the
coordinating
minister for the economy and finance
minister, Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala by ensuring immediate
release of all
the funds appropriated for various
ministries,
departments and agencies (MDAs) for
the first and
second quarter respectively.
The lawmakers who expressed these
concerns cut
across all political parties.
In his lead debate, chairman House
Committee on
Rules and Business, Sam Tsokwa, who
expressed
concerns over about N200 billion
released by Federal
Ministry of Finance for execution of
capital projects
out of N1.5 trillion allocated in the
Appropriation Act
assented to by the Presidency.
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