Reps in rowdy session over Buhari’s N413.3bn subsidy budget - Punch .

The House of Representatives went into another rowdy session on Thursday as All Progressives Congress lawmakers and their Peoples Democratic Party colleagues disagreed over the continuous funding of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.

However, chairs and punches were not thrown on Thursday as was with the case with similar sessions held in the past.
Members remained on their seats, but kept shouting at each other in a manner suggesting that they disagreed on political party lines.

The rowdiness started as the House debated President Muhammadu Buhari’s N465.6billion supplementary budget.
Buhari sent the budget to the the National Assembly on Wednesday and the House slated it for debate on Thursday (yesterday).

The President had voted N413.3bn of the total figure for funding fuel subsidy.
As expected, the subsidy vote became the main issue as the Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, led the debate.
But, an argument soon ensued between APC and PDP lawmakers after the House Minority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, questioned the “huge” subsidy vote at a time the price of crude oil had crashed to about $48 per barrel.

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