Abuja — The contention between the executive and the legislature over the extent of the latter's power of appropriation took a deeper crisis dimension yesterday as the Senate disagreed with the statement credited to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo that the National Assembly does not possess any power to alter the 2017 budget submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari in December last year.
Speaking at the old banquet hall of the presidential villa, while flagging off the 2018 budget preparation process on Tuesday, Osinbajo reportedly said the National Assembly has no right to introduce new projects or modify those contained in an appropriation bill.
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