Following a recent threat by opposition members in the House of Representatives to override President Goodluck Jonathan over the signing of the 2013 budget, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the threat won’t cross the bridge.
According to PDP, the lawmakers were just playing to the gallery and that they did not have the right to set agenda for the National Assembly, which is being controlled by the party
It would be recalled that over 160 opposition members in the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday resolved from a meeting behind closed doors, saying that they would override the President over the budget.
The National Assembly is made up of 469 members.
Reacting to this threat, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, dismissed the threat.
Metuh said, “Our attention has been drawn to reports in the media that a handful of opposition members from the House of Representatives had threatened to override the President on the budget.
“That is an empty boast. The PDP has the majority in the two chambers of the National Assembly.
“So, it is clear that the opposition members cannot set agenda for the National Assembly. They are merely playing to the gallery instead of addressing issues.”
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