1. The Supreme Court agreed that it is the duty of the president to prepare the budget, while NASS shall inform input into the budget.
2. But this does not mean, according to the judgment, that it can be substituted with another by the National Assembly.
3. While the National Assembly can inform input into the budget, it cannot singlehandedly introduce new projects.
4. In the entire 22-page judgment, nowhere was it stated that NASS has power to increase any budget proposal submitted to it by Mr President.
5. The judgment made it clear that NASS lacks powers to prepare “budget estimates” for the President or substitute it with its own estimates.
6. As earlier stated, we will approach the SC to get a better interpretation of the role and limitations of NASS on budget preparation


My take
This is good for our democracy

Julivas:

1. The Supreme Court agreed that it is the duty of the president to prepare the budget, while NASS shall inform input into the budget.
2. But this does not mean, according to the judgment, that it can be substituted with another by the National Assembly.
3. While the National Assembly can inform input into the budget, it cannot singlehandedly introduce new projects.
4. In the entire 22-page judgment, nowhere was it stated that NASS has power to increase any budget proposal submitted to it by Mr President.
5. The judgment made it clear that NASS lacks powers to prepare “budget estimates” for the President or substitute it with its own estimates.
6. As earlier stated, we will approach the SC to get a better interpretation of the role and limitations of NASS on budget preparation


My take
This is good for our democracy

Very good for democracy! Hopefully,before d next govt comes in, each arm of govt would have grown too far apart to cooperate on their usual daylight robbery!

Another ploy to divert attention and entertain Nigerians while the budget remains unimplemented.

Why don't you start with the ones you wanted while sending a supplementary budget?

This is a typical case of a square peg in a round hole.

Fashola supposed be in the Ministry of Justice. How can a lawyer, bred in lies and twists, be given Works, Hosing and Power to head. Sha! the trouble continue till 2019

Have we seen the super minister Buhari created, an absolute square peg in a round hole, he would have just moved to the justice ministry and create litigations left right and centre, 2016 budget has no impact on the state of the nation, and this 2017 he wants to approach the courts for interpretation, obviously in 2018 we should not expect any budget, I have always said that APC is both the ruling and the opposition party, they were never prepared for governance but rather well prepared for national drama

I love the position of the 'supreme' court.
Uhuru...freedom at last.
Those legislative urchins can go and bury their heads in shame and , probably find another way to lock horn with the presidency on another issue.

Nice one frm d supreme court. D NASS dont knw their duty or what?

What the heck is "inform input"?
Confusion