{"id":66336,"date":"2019-04-23T05:28:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T04:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=66336"},"modified":"2019-04-23T05:28:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T04:28:41","slug":"tinubu-is-a-liar-ignorant-about-working-of-nass-after-22months-as-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-is-a-liar-ignorant-about-working-of-nass-after-22months-as-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Is A Liar, Ignorant About Working of NASS After 22months As Senator\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says it is “unfortunate”\u00a0that after\u00a022 months in the legislature, Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), does “not have a better understanding of how the legislature works”.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tinubu, had accused Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, both former members of the party, of budget padding, saying:\u00a0\u201cJust look at the way Saraki, Dogara and their ilk hijacked the budget process these past four years,\u201d he said in a statement released by Tunde Rahman, his spokesman.<\/p>\n

\u201cNational budgets were delayed and distorted as these actors repeatedly sought to pad budgets with pet projects that would profit them. Even worse, they cut funds intended to prosper projects that would have benefitted the average person. After four years of their antics halting the progress of government, we should do all we can to prevent a repeat of their malign control of the National Assembly.”<\/p>\n

Responding in a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his spokesperson, on Monday, Saraki described\u00a0Tinubu’s allegation as unfounded, fictitious and\u00a0 an attempt to cast the leadership of the eighth National Assembly in bad light.<\/p>\n

Saraki challenged Tinubu to substantiate his claim by making reference to where the National Assembly “sought to pad with pet projects”.\u00a0He described the allegation as careless, irresponsible and callous, while demanding that Tinubu should withdraw it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu released another of his now well-expected quarterly vicious attack on the person of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate,\u201d Saraki said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince we have taken it for granted that Tinubu\u2019s attack on Saraki every three months (quarterly) will come as expected, we would just have ignored his statement but for the fact that it was filled with untruth, fallacies and misrepresentations.\u00a0It is unfortunate that a man like Tinubu who had been in the Senate (though for 22 months and under a military regime) should not have a better understanding of how the legislature works.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe passage of budgets is definitely not the exclusive responsibility of the leadership of the Senate. Most of the work is done by the various committees. These committees are headed by senators representing different parties.\u00a0It is the level of co-operation between the committees and the MDAs in the timely defence of the budget proposals and the ability of the two chambers of the National Assembly to reconcile\u00a0their figures that usually determine how soon the budget is passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if a man like Tinubu is spreading this falsehood about budget passage and delay being deliberately orchestrated by the National Assembly leadership, one wonders whether he tries to\u00a0even understand what happens in the federal legislature at all or is that the only thing that is of interest to him is \u2018jockeying and maneuvering for influence\u2019, as he puts it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all the three budgets already passed by the National Assembly, we challenge Tinubu to make specific reference to where Dr. Saraki and the leadership of the National Assembly ‘sought to\u00a0pad with pet projects’ as he alleged. Tinubu should be graceful enough to substantiate this allegation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saraki said he is proud that the eighth assembly has records that are unmatchable by all previous senates in the sheer number of bills passed and its signifance to the economy<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a leader of the Eighth National Assembly, Dr. Saraki is proud that under his watch, the Senate has surpassed the records of all previous Senate in the number of bills passed, the\u00a0significance of these bills to the revival of the economy, the fight against insecurity and corruption, improvement in the provision of health service and the education sector, as well as better\u00a0social service delivery to the generality of the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bills passed, motions moved, intervention made and frequent engagement with the people were all directed towards addressing the day to day issues that affect the lives of the ordinary Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, Tinubu should leave Dr. Saraki out of his schemes and manipulations towards 2023. It is obvious his arbitrary and tactless interference in the process for the emergence of the leadership of the Ninth Assembly is already falling through.\u00a0Our only advice for him is that if he is interested in the stability of the National Assembly, he should allow the members to elect their leadership in consultations with the party leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

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