President Muhammadu Buhari was interrupted and booed intermittently by some lawmakers while addressing the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
The actions of the lawmakers threw the parliament into a rowdy session while the president presented the 2019 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly.
Lawmakers from different political divides booed and cheered the president as he explained the budget details.
Mr Buhari eventually proposed a budget of N8.83 trillion for 2019.
The proposal showed that about a quarter of the sum (N2.14 trillion) will be used for debt servicing while capital expenditure is expected to gulp N2.03 trillion.
But as the president mentioned each of his achievements, some lawmakers, mainly of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chorused, ‘No!’.
The development forced some All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers to clash verbally with their colleagues as they booed the president.
When Mr Buhari said, “We have weathered the storms and made progress on every front,” the opposition lawmakers screamed, “Nooooo!”
When he said, “The economy has recovered well,” the lawmakers screamed in derision again.
The president who was irked by the development was forced to respond to the lawmakers.
