Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are currently holding a closed door session over the possibility of extending the capital aspect
of the 2023 Appropriation Act and the Supplementary Appropriation Act.
The Acts were first extended on December 31, 2023, for a period of three months. The extension was a sequel to a request by President Tinubu via a letter to the two chambers of the National Assembly. “We understand the implications from the letter we receive, it is mainly on capital projects and we cannot ask that capital projects should be abandoned. We cannot deny our country the benefits of capital projects. In principle, we might not oppose it but in terms of procedure, I feel a little bit worried. A situation where we have three budgets running concurrently is not good. This will even mean four budgets running simultaneously.
Supporting the minority leader, a member representing Doguwa/Tudunwada Federal Constituency, Kano State, Alhassan Doguwa, said the move by the house to extend the validity of the 2023 supplementary budget was legal, it has never happened in the history of the National Assembly.
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