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PDP inclinations NASS to endorse Buhari over withdrawal of $1bn from ECA

April 23, 2018 0
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday charged the National Assembly to commence constitutional processes against President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly withdrawing and spending $I billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) without the constitutionally required legislative appropriation. PDP in a statement in Abuja through its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan said President Buhari was aware that his unilateral spending of $496 million (N151.374 billion) from the ECA, without recourse to the legislative approval of the National Assembly, was a gross violation of the laws and constitution of Nigerian. The opposition party further said, “By this action, President Buhari has technically suspended the 1999 Constitution (as amended), plundered the inherent powers of the National Assembly as the principal institution of democratic rule, while re-enacting a sole administratorship in governance as if our nation is operating a military regime. “More disturbing is the revelation that President Buhari paid the $496 million for the purchase of military aircraft from the United States, ignoring allegations of overprice and issues concerning due process, just to achieve a political expediency of currying President Donald Trump’s support for his 2019 re-election bid. “The PDP states that President Buhari’s action amounts to a gross misconduct and betrayal of public trust because in the bid to push a personal agenda, he deliberately side-stepped statutory legislative scrutiny and acted in clear breach of section 80 (3) (4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). “While section 80 (3) states that “no moneys shall withdrawn from any public fund of the federation, other than the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the federation unless the issues of those moneys has been authorized by an act of the National Assembly”, section 80 (4) provides that “no moneys shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other public fund of the federation except in the manner prescribed by the National Assembly.” It also added, “The resort to falsehood, deception and secrecy in the withdrawal from the ECA and the reported $469 million payment for the military aircraft raises very serious issues regarding the integrity of the Buhari Presidency”. Ologbondiyan said, “It is shocking that President Buhari, whose administration prides on claims of transparency and zero tolerance for corruption, elected on a platform that lay claims to the height of progressivism, who boasts of the highest standards of integrity, can mundanely resort to a violent abuse of our constitution just to suit a desperate passion of seeking re-election”


PDP inclinations NASS to endorse Buhari over withdrawal of $1bn from ECA
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday charged the National Assembly to initiate established procedures against President Muhammadu Buhari for purportedly pulling back and spending $I billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) without the intrinsically required administrative apportionment. 

 PDP in an announcement in Abuja through its representative, Kola Ologbondiyan said President Buhari knew that his one-sided spending of $496 million (N151.374 billion) from the ECA, without plan of action to the administrative endorsement of the National Assembly, was a gross infringement of the laws and constitution of Nigerian. 

 The resistance party additionally stated, "By this activity, President Buhari has in fact suspended the 1999 Constitution (as changed), looted the innate forces of the National Assembly as the central establishment of just run, while re-instituting a sole administratorship in administration as though our country is working a military administration. 
"Additional aggravating is the disclosure that President Buhari paid the $496 million for the buy of military airplane from the United States, disregarding affirmations of overrate and issues worried due process, just to accomplish a political practicality of currying President Donald Trump's help for his 2019 re-race offer. 

 "The PDP states that President Buhari's activity adds up to a gross wrongdoing and double-crossing of open trust in light of the fact that in the offer to push an individual motivation, he purposely evaded statutory authoritative examination and acted in clear break of area 80 (3) (4) of the 1999 Constitution (as revised). 

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 "While area 80 (3) expresses that "no cash might pulled back from any open reserve of the alliance, other than the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the league unless the issues of those funds has been approved by a demonstration of the National Assembly", segment 80 (4) gives that "no cash should be pulled back from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or some other open store of the organization with the exception of in the way endorsed by the National Assembly." 

 It likewise included, "The depend on misrepresentation, double dealing and mystery in the withdrawal from the ECA and the revealed $469 million installment for the military airplane raises intense issues in regards to the uprightness of the Buhari Presidency". 

 Ologbondiyan stated, "It is stunning that President Buhari, whose organization prides on cases of straightforwardness and zero resistance for defilement, chose on a stage that lay cases to the tallness of progressivism, who gloats of the most elevated norms of trustworthiness, can ordinarily depend on a rough manhandle of our constitution just to suit a frantic energy of looking for re-race"
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