Below is a sstatement from the Buhari Media Orgnization in response to recent comments by the Senate president, Bukola Saraki;
The
Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has described Senate President Bukola
Saraki as immature and irresponsible for the position he is occupying.
In
a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy
Madueke,BMO said it was the height of irresponsibility and recklessness
for him to glibly dismiss the 2019 Budget proposal as “hopeless”
it
noted that Saraki’s comments at a meeting with supporters of the
Peoples Democratic Party were a continuation of the conduct of the
opposition members of the National Assembly at the budget presentation.
“It
is barely two days after President Muhammadu Buhari tabled the budget
estimates in spite of the worst efforts of a minority group to disrupt
the session, and here we have the supposed number three citizen brushing
aside a document he could not have thoroughly scrutinized in hours.
“This
is the same individual that did not make the traditional opening remark
because he was too cowardly to look the President in the eyes and
present a speech that was laced with lies and half truths that were
later posted on his Face Book page
“There have been several
Senate Presidents since 1999 but none of them has been as immature and
egoistical as Saraki who finds it hard to separate selfish interest from
national interest”
The group said what Saraki did at the PDP
gathering was to serve notice to Nigerians that the 2019 budget would be
stalled with no hope that it would even be deliberated upon as soon as
possible.
“If it was a matter before the courts, Saraki’s
irresponsible comments would have been considered subjudice. And that is
exactly the situation we have on our hands now. He has played his hands
early and there is nothing the Executive would do during budget defence
sessions that would be satisfactory to this usurper
“So
Nigerians now have the benefit of an advance warning of the Senate
President’s intention to make life difficult for all in the name of
politics by his outright dismissal of a document that was pain-stakingly
put together by a team of experts led by the Director General of the
Budget Office Ben Akabueze”
BMO also urged more responsible members of the two legislative chambers to treat his comment as an abuse of their privilege.
“This
is because as chairman of the National Assembly, he is seen as the
chief spokesman of the Legislature and what he says in and out of the
legislative complex could easily be viewed as the opinion of all
members.
“So it may be a good idea for more responsible Senators
and Members of the House of Representatives to dissociate themselves
from the anti-people comment of the Senate President
“They should
not allow him to continue to desecrate the hallowed chamber with his
reckless comments which boil down to the bitterness he once expressed
during an earlier political meeting in Ilorin where he accused President
Buhari of not literally throwing open the nation’s coffers for those
who spent personal funds to campaign for him in 2015
“It is
against this backdrop that we reaffirmed our earlier position that
Saraki is not fit to occupy the position of Senate President”,BMO said
Source:- Politicsngr
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