By Felix Nwaneri 


The Federal Government, at the weekend, said Senate President Bukola Saraki has since his emergence as leader of the upper legislative chamber persistently frustrated the developmental efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration through deliberate delay of annual budgets.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who revealed this in an interview with journalists at the weekend in Lagos, dismissed the claim by the Senate President that he was not considered by the President in appointments.

He also described as untrue, the claim by Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, while announcing his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that his state was starved of Federal Government projects by the Buhari administration.

His words: “We have a National Assembly in which we had a clear majority in both houses, but which treated the executive with contempt and which actually slowed down the work of government.

In 2016, 2017 and 2018, our budgets were delayed. We can understand 2015 budget because we came on board in the middle of the year. But in 2016 and 2017, the earliest we got our budgets was June.

“Key appointments, nominations and confirmations for key organisations that could move the government forward like the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), were delayed.

Really, it couldn’t have been worse if the PDP had a majority in the National Assembly.” On Saraki’s claim on appointments, the minister said: “I think it is a blatant lie that Kwara State was not considered in appointments.

There are 26 appointees to boards, parastatals, either as members or directors- general to Kwara State and of these 26, I recommended only two. The other 24 were done by Saraki.

“In terms of development, the Ilorin-Jebba- Mokwa-Birnin Gwari road is 80 per cent completed. On the other hand, it is this same government that awarded the contract for Lokoja-Omu Aran-Ilorin road.

In terms of housing, we are building many two bedroom houses in Ilorin. Again, in terms of appointment, one of the chairmen of parastatals is the out-gone chairman of APC in Kwara State, Ishola Balogun-Fulani. So, Saraki’s claim is a blatant lie.”

Firefire:
APC, Party of professional liars and career rogues.


APC = PDP nothing like progressives,

sarrki:
He will regret it for the rest of his life

Holuwarsweun:
APC has found a new person to blame for their failure.

sarrki:


Shut up

If you don’t have any meaningful contribution

aolawale025:
If buhari cannot manage saraki. How can he be expected to manage Nigeria

sarrki:



Saraki and Pdp are enemies of the state

sarrki:


Keep quiet

sarrki:


Shut up

If you don’t have any meaningful contribution

Holuwarsweun:


Why are u always behaving like a political Dog.
If I don't keep quiet come and keep it for me, maybe na u buy data for me.

Firefire:



It's in you! APC resident Zone-B.

Good morning.

praise010:
Although I don't like PMB administration, I am also not a fan of Saraki. He decamped for his own selfish interest just like other decampees.

That said, I only wish that PMB lose 2019 election. If that man can be this cruel to the rule of law when he has something at stake, I wonder what will become of the country if he wins 2019 election.

sarrki:


Morning my brother

Firefire:


FYI, Insha'Allah, Saraki will fail and Buhary too will be disgraced.

Corrinthians:
I blame no one else but Baba for this. Saraki wasn't supposed to have emerged the SP in the first place. The fact he chose an oposition member is his deputy should have been a pointer from day 1 he was up to no good.

sarrki:


Sai Baba will not fall IJMN

Firefire:


He has failed already. If not, why denied all his campaign promises? Why is he that clueless and myopic after getting the power he has been looking for since 2007?

Buhary is a failure!

Firefire:



"I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody"


Baba is clueless and have no ideas of governance and leadership of the 21st century.