There was a rowdy session at the hallowed Chamber of the Senate on Tuesday during debate on the report of the Joint Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Finance, National Planning, Agriculture and Appropriation led by Senator Abdullahi Yahaya Abubakar, PDP, Kebbi North.
when the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, APC, Borno South accused the Senate of lacking powers to approve funds already spent.
According to Ndume, the Senate had acted illegally by allowing funds drawn from CBN, and already expended to be brought to the parliament for approval.
Ndume, citing relevant sections in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, accused the Senate of lacking powers to approve funds already spent, adding that details of the Ways and Means were never provided before the Senate.
Ndume argued that he has never been present at a plenary where the Ways and Means was approved in advance, but that the Executive was expected to provide details of the expenditures of the funds after they were used.
He noted that the report presented lacked details, saying, “Mr President, I was not part of the plenary that gave the nod for Ways and Means but the detail of funds spent was not provided. This is illegal.”
Countering Ndume, Senator Mohammed Danjuma Goje, APC, Gombe Central argued that what Ndume said was not the truth as the Senate has the power to approve.
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