After a long silence since the conclusion of the 2023 General elections, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has declared that Nigeria is indeed in a monarchy not a democracy considering recent steps so far taken by the President Bola Tinubu-led APC administration.
Yakubu Dogara said that, “For those who doubt that we are in a monarchy not democracy, let me just point at one recent example. After the Executive had raised Trillions of Naira by means of ways and means not only in the absence of express
legislative authorization but in violation of the express provisions of Section 38 of the CBN Act of 2007 as amended, the Parliament was asked to approve the advances to the government which had risen from just about N789.6 billion in May, 2015, to N22.7 trillion in 2023.”
The assertion was contained in a paper he delivered at a 1-Day Technical Session for Speakers of State Houses of Assembly organized by PERL-ECP in collaboration with the Conference of Speakers held in Abuja on Thursday, with the theme: Effective Leadership for Emerging Legislatures: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendation.
