“I spoke personally to the Senate President Saraki and the leader of the House Dogara, they could not deny it. I told them how do they feel to hold the country to ransom for seven months without passing the budget. I told them they are not hurting me but they are hurting the country.”
What a way to say goodbye to the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara by President Muhammadu Buhari as evident in the above statement!
This was the President, last night as he lampooned the duo in a nationwide interview with the Nigeria Television Authority, saying that they were cog in the wheel of Nigeria’s progress as a nation.
Buhari took a swipe at the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for allegedly delaying the 2019 budget for seven months.
He said he would score the two leaders of the National Assembly very low in terms of patriotism to the county even as he expressed the frustration his administration has passed through.
“My frustration is that we cannot move faster in prosecution. We have made some progress we have recovered a number of fixed assets and money in banks including Europe and America but under this system you can’t do so much in a hurry. Even if you use whistle blowers you have to report to the Police and Police will rigmarole, this is my biggest frustration really.
“The frustration is taking too long by my own hope..
“I think a culture was developed in the National Assembly that they should dictate the terms. I think it was wrong, I think it is the executive that dictate the terms and take it to the legislature that will examine it and agree or disagree with it.
” But when they go around impose at the government and not the executive I think there is a problem. “So really in terms of patriotism I rate them very low. Holding a budget for seven months cannot be justified.”