Indications from the National Assembly has shown that President Muhammadu Buhari may not have it smooth with some aggrieved lawmakers during today’s budget presentation to the lawmakers.
The president is scheduled to commence the 2019 budget presentation anytime soon.
However, some aggrieved members, particularly those not favoured during the controversial parties of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are poised to ‘revenge’ during the president’s presentation.
Lawmakers on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are also poised to join in making the presentation difficult for the president.
TNG correspondents in the National Assembly reports that the Speaker Yakubu Dogara has began the proceedings for the plenary.
The lawmakers are currently in close doors session.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and Cabinet members of the Buhari led administration have also arrived at the complex.
The House gallery has been opened for journalists to gain access into the chamber
To prove that all is not well inside the chamber, one of the president’s loyalists, Gudaji Kazaure, came out speaking in Hausa saying “we will not allow anyone to embarrass the president”. He even rained curses.
He was pacified by another presidential aide, Kawu Sumaila, and he has returned into the chamber.
The executive session by House of Representatives members has ended.
The president is now making entering the House of Representatives chamber. Members are currently protesting chanting “freedom cometh by struggle…”