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Sagay Reveals The Way Buhari Can Bypass National Assembly To Fund 2019 Elections

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President Muhammadu Buhari has the power to invoke the “doctrine of necessity” to fund the 2019 election, should the National Assembly refuse to pass the budget for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said Itse Sagay, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC.

“If the National Assembly refuses or fails to approve the budget for election, the doctrine of necessity will validate the provision of the funds without the National Assembly’s approval, he said in a statement.

Sagay said the overriding necessity of elections and survival of democracy supersede the powers of the National Assembly when the country’s democracy was threatened.

“The failure or refusal by the National Assembly to approve funds for the 2019 election will constitute a sabotage of our democracy, of which the Constitution is the embodiment.

“If elections are not held, it will mean the collapse of our democracy, leading to chaos and anarchy. The question that arises is simple.

“Which is more critical to democracy and the survival of Nigeria: Is it (1) the power of the National Assembly to approve budgets or (2) the survival of democracy and Nigeria itself?

“If the survival of democracy is more important and fundamental to Nigeria’s existence, then failure to approve the budget for elections will trigger the doctrine of necessity, thus compelling the funding of election without the approval of the National Assembly.

“It is simply a question of the survival of democracy and the continued existence of Nigeria. The power of approval of the budget is just a single item in the whole of the Constitution.

“On the contrary, elections and democracy which they support, constitute what the whole Constitution is about.

“Therefore, the overriding necessity and imperative of elections and democracy simply override the power of National Assembly.

 

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