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Friday, 20 July 2012

Budget: Lawmakers threaten to impeach President... Is it still a threat, I never knew we had a president.

Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday threatened to begin impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan if he failed to achieve 100% budget implementation by September this year.
The lawmakers accused the President of breaching the 2012 Appropriation Act and poorly executing the budget.
Jonathan was given up to September to achieve “100% execution” of the budget or face impeachment proceedings.
The Minority Leader of the House, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, who proposed the amendment, received a resounding applause from the majority of members at Thursday’s session.
But the Presidency said in a reaction on Thursday that both the executive and the legislature agreed on the need for good budget implementation.
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