We Have No Legal Right To Stop The President From Addressing Us, Speaker Dogara Reminds Protesting Law Makers

Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has reminded his colleagues that they have no legal right to stop the President from addressing the joint session of the National Assembly, especially to present the nation’s appropriation bill.
The speaker reacted to the rowdy session at today’s sitting of the House, during which time some members shouted no, when he (the speaker) read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, informing the members of his intention to address a joint session of the National Assembly for the presentation of the 2018 budget estimate.
Speaker Dogara stressed: “I wish we have the constitutional right to say no. But unfortunately, we don’t have it. This House is the custodian of the constitution. The President has the right…”
This is the first time President Buhari would be presenting the national budget proposal before the National Assembly in the month of November since his assumption of office in 2015.
The month of December has always witnessed the annual ritual prior to now.

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