The National Assembly Has Turned Down President Buhari’s TSA Policy

Nigeria’s National Assembly on Sunday said it would not be part of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) being implemented by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying such would amount to, “Surrendering of their autonomy to the executive.” President Buhari had during last Wednesday’s media chat, said he was having challenge with the National Assembly over the TSA.

Spokesperson of the senate, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, in his reaction, however, said: “There is no trouble on TSA, it is as an executive program and we cannot surrender our autonomy to the executive.



“Submitting ourselves to the TSA is surrendering our autonomy to the executive,” Abdullahi said. Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas similarly said that TSA remains an executive policy.

Namdas said, “Every arm of government has its ways of operations. The issue of TSA is an executive matter, and in as much as we want to work together with the executive for good governance, we are not part of TSA for now.”