The National Assembly has rarely rejected or disapproved of President Tinubu’s requests. Some of the approvals were done without thorough deliberations.
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Although other opposition parties won a few seats in both chambers, the strength of the LP and NNPP was so significant that many analysts predicted anMost of the LP lawmakers rode on the popularity of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the “Obidient Movement” to victory in the 25 February 2023 poll.
Unlike his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, who during his first term in 2015 did not show interest in who became the presiding officer of the two chambers, Mr Tinubu was actively involved in picking the leaders of the two chambers. He openly endorsed candidates ahead of the inauguration of the 10th session of the National Assembly on 13 June 2023.
. It is believed that the lawmakers from the funds bought for themselves the controversial luxury sport utility vehicles estimated at N160 million per unit.“The National Assembly should pray for the president and give him ‘three gbosa’ for his magnanimity to the lawmakers,” Stainless Nwodo, an LP lawmaker, was quoted as saying during the controversy over the purchase of the vehicle. Mr Nwodo was later sacked by the Court of Appeal in an election petition case.
Agom Jarigbe, a PDP lawmaker from Cross River State, was the only one who said something suggesting support for Mr Ningi during the debate over the saga. Mr Jarigbe alleged that most ranking lawmakers got aboveOn the same day that Mr Ningi was suspended, President Tinubu held a closed-door meeting with Mr Akpabio and his deputy, Barau Jibrin, at the State House. It was not clear whether the Bauchi senator was discussed at that parley.
Interestingly, unlike the usual pattern of defection, Mr Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, has refused to leave the PDP, despite serving as a minister in the APC government of Mr Tinubu. Perhaps, it was to reward the minister that Mr Chinda, his ally, was appointed minority leader in the House.
Also, the amendment to the standing rule helped as the open ballot meant that several lawmakers were forced to join the queue.During one of the meetings in April 2023, Mr Gbajabiamila informed lawmakers present, many of them first-timers, that voting for a speaker who is against the president is not in their best interest. He cited the 2011 rebellion that produced Aminu Tambuwal as a speaker.
President Tinubu, on 13 March, sent the 2024 budget of the FCT to the National Assembly for approval. The N1.2 trillion budget was approved by the two chambers of the National Assembly within three legislative days. No budget of any subnational government was that huge except Lagos. With the control of the leadership of the National Assembly and the opposition members, President Tinubu has had a relatively easy way with the lawmakers.
“The issue of the National Anthem was meant to be a distraction, a needless distraction from the ongoing conversations about the performance of this administration in the last year. They want us to be talking about the national anthem and not the performance of the administration. The discourse is for the government to be accountable, but they have succeeded in distracting us,” he said.
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