Osun state Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke has defended the State House of Assembly on the ongoing processing of Budget 2023 proposals from Governor Gboyega Oyetola, declaring that the House of Assembly has a constititional duty to perform.
Responding to enquires by InsightMedia, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, said the Governor-elect posited that the legislature was elected to treat and process bills including appropriation bill from the executive arm of government.
” As a former lawmaker myself, I support the legislature as an arm of government that is independent and must be allowed to do its job of legislation and appropriation. So there is nothing unusual if the House of Assembly is processing budget 2023 proposal.
” The legislative process provides for supplementary budgetary action including executive bill proposing amendments to any Appropriation Act. So we are not worried at all. If anything, we want to encourage the Assembly to continue the processing of subsisting bills”, the statement noted.