The joint Senate and House of Representatives committee on Wednesday unanimously rejected the judiciary budget.
News360 Info learnt that NASS rejected the budget over poor budgetary allocation to the Nigerian judiciary, an act they believe compromises their independence and ability to function effectively.
According to Channels, the NASS joint committee subsequently gave the Minister of National Planning and DG budget 24 hours to make another appearance.
Stop Castigating The Judiciary
Meanwhile, All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kano, Illyasu Kwankwaso, has urged politicians to desist from criticising the judiciary over election-related judgments, claiming that it is undermining the development and strengthening of democracy in the country.
Kwankwaso, who served as commissioner for Community and rural development in former governors Ibrahim Shekarau’s and Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s administrations, respectively, said that judges should be respected as interpreters of the law and an integral part of the system.
He conceded that judges may not always be 100% right in their judgments. Still, he said that men of the Bar and the Bench should not be discredited and that politicians should follow all legal procedures to get justice, lest the reputation of the Nigerian judiciary be tarnished in front of the world.
It has been reported that the APC chieftain is a cousin to the Grand Commander of the Kwankwasiyya Movement and National Leader of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso.
In a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Kano on Monday, Kwankwaso reiterated his confidence in the judiciary, even though he recently lost his bid to be at the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly, at the Appeal Court, after winning at the Tribunal.
