FORMER Spokesperson of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign<\/p>\n
Organisation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode has described the 2016 budget as
\npresented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the joint National Assembly as
\nthat fueled by insincerity.<\/p>\n
According to him, it was ironic that former governor Asiwaju Tinubu;
\nMinister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Governor Nasir El- Rufai
\nwho kicked against deregulation during former President Jonathan, have
\nsuddenly become great supporters of deregulation.<\/p>\n
In a statement he signed yesterday and made available to Journalists in
\nAbuja, Chief Fani- Kayode who accused Buhari\u2019s administration of spending
\nmoney like a drunken sailor, alleged that the government was borrowing as
\nif there was no tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The former Aviation Minister who noted that the government was mortgaging
\nthe future of Nigeria, Nigerians and our children,said, \u201cThe 2016 budget
\nis fueled by insincerity, shrouded in fantasy, built on tall dreams and
\nspawned by deceit, ignorance and the illusion of change. It is bloated,
\nunrealistic, expensive, cosmetic and it will not result in anything good.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn order to fund part of the budget the government intends to borrow
\nmoney and this will throw our country into even greater debt. What a
\ntragedy this is given the fact that in 2007 Nigeria was debt-free. The
\nBuhari administration is spending money like a drunken sailor and they are
\nborrowing as if there is no tomorrow, mortgaging the future of our nation
\nand our children.<\/p>\n
\u201d We need far more fiscal discipline and seriousness than that if our
\ngovernment really wishes to improve the economy and better the lives of
\nordinary people.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeanwhile the Federal Government has said that President Goodluck
\nJonathan is responsible for today\u2019s long fuel queues even though he left
\noffice 7 months ago.<\/p>\n
\u201d They seem to have forgotten that in 2012 it was their group, led by Bola
\nTinubu, Nasir El Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi and President Buhari himself that
\naggressively opposed deregulation and almost brought the whole country to
\na standstill with protests and riots all over the place in their efforts
\nto prevent the government from removing the oil subsidy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHad it not been for their pettiness, lack of understanding,
\nshortsightedness and double standards the subsidy would have been removed
\nthree years ago and fuel queues would have been a thing of history. Sadly
\nthey lacked the foresight to appreciate the virtues of that policy and
\ntoday they have the nerve to blame Jonathan for the mess that they
\nthemselves essentially created.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been in power for 7 months now: it is time for them to step up
\nto the plate, start taking responsibility for their own actions, do a
\nbetter job and stop blaming Jonathan for their own miserable and avoidable
\nfailures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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