2018 Budget: Reps Ask Buhari To Order Release Of Judiciary Funds

The House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu
Buhari to direct the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, to
release to the National Judicial Council all outstanding funds from
the 2018 Appropriation Act due to the Federal Judiciary.

The lawmakers made the call during Tuesday’s plenary at the
National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

They took the resolution while considering a motion sponsored by
the Chairman of the House Committee on Federal Judiciary, Aminu
Shagari.

The House was worried that not releasing the funds may disrupt
the efficiency of the judicial arm of government in the
country.

Earlier, Mr Shagari informed his colleagues that the action of
the Federal Ministry of Finance in withholding the funds was
against the Constitution.

He noted that Section 81(3) of the Constitution stated that the
judiciary council would be on first line charge.

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