The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the state authorities of violating constitutional procedures within the presentation of the 2026 price range proposal.
DAILY POST stories that Governor Dauda Lawal on Thursday introduced a price range estimate of N861 billion to the Zamfara State Home of Meeting, with N715 billion allotted for capital expenditure and N147.2 billion for recurrent spending.
In a press release issued in Gusau, the APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, alleged that the price range presentation course of didn’t adjust to constitutional necessities.
He claimed the 2026 proposal, like earlier ones, was introduced with out the two-thirds majority of Home members required for issues equivalent to appropriation payments.
“Governor Lawal has simply introduced his third appropriation invoice of over N861 billion to a Home that lacks the required quorum.
“This can be a repeat of the 2024 and 2025 price range processes, which have been introduced in what we consider to be unconstitutional circumstances.”
Idris additional alleged that the manager and legislative arms intentionally suspended some lawmakers to scale back the variety of members obtainable throughout the session.
In line with him, “Solely 10 members have been current to obtain the governor and the invoice.”
The APC referred to as on the Federal Authorities to intervene, together with contemplating the suspension of federal allocation to the state till what it described as “irregularities” are addressed.
