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Senate President Bukola Saraki has charged the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to dwell on facts in his criticism of the leadership of thae Senate.

Tinubu had, in a statement on Monday, defended his role in aligning with the APC in the choice of preferred candidates for the leadership of the two chambers of the federal legislature in the emerging Ninth Assembly.

The APC chieftain also knocked the leadership of the Senate for working at cross purposes with President Muhammadu Buhari on key government policies, particularly, the processing of the annual budget.

But Saraki, in a statement Abuja by his media adviser, Yusuph Oloniyonu, decried what he described as Tinubu’s “quarterly attacks” on the President the Senate.

Saraki said the APC leader’s statement contained untruth, fallacies and misrepresentations, adding that it was another effort to sell a concocted narrative about the Eighth National Assembly and its leadership.

The statement said: “First, he alleged that national budgets were delayed, distorted, padded, new projects introduced, funds for projects reduced, “to halt progress of government”.

“It 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.

“The 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.

“It 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 their figures that usually determine how soon the budget is passed.

“To put the blame of budget delay on the Senate President or Speaker can only be mischief, or at best, playing to the gallery.

“It is also a known fact that any so-called delay in the passage of budgets under the Eighth National Assembly is traceable to the refusal of heads of MDAs to defend the budget proposals for their agencies on time.

“Last year, the President himself had to direct the Secretary to Federal Government to compel heads of MDAs to appear before the National Assembly committees following the report made to him by Dr. Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara.

So, 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 even understand what happens in the federal legislature at all or is that the only thing that is of interest to him is ‘jockeying and maneuvering for influence’, as he puts it.

“To further make the points here clear, we invite Tinubu to look at the records of the time of submission of budgets and their passage since 2010 and he will see that with the exception of the 2013 budget which was passed on December 20, 2012, all the budgets have been passed between March and May of the same fiscal year.

“This should give him a better understanding of the fact that the date the Appropriations Bill is submitted to parliament and the readiness of the MDAs to defend the proposals submitted, as well as timely agreement on the figures by both chambers of the National Assembly, are the main determining factors in when the budget is eventually passed. So, Tinubu should see that the facts cannot support his spins and fake narrative”.

Saraki challenged Tinubu to cite specific instances where the Senate President and the leadership of the legislature sought to pad the budget with pet projects, as alleged.

Taking the APC leader to task about the allegation, Saraki charged Tinubu to be graceful enough to substantiate this allegation, insisting it was careless, irresponsible and callous.

Demanding that Tinubu withdraw the said statement, Saraki said it’s the constitutional responsibility of the National Assembly to review the proposals sent by the executive and where it deems necessary, it is within the power of the legislature to make changes.

source: https://www.titiloyeblog.com/2019/04/base-your-criticism-on-facts-saraki.html

SimplePlan34:
I need money. Serious money

bionixs:
you have no point,educated illiterate

abbiboy:

Am such u did not read the article If u did maybe u will have something more meaningful to say...lazy Nigerian youth worshiping a demon that has destroyed ur youthful thinking!

Anonny1:
Fuxck politics. Am heartbroken

Richkid97:



He don’t need to be the senate president

Tinubu is your next president

You guys go cry tire

Richkid97:



He don’t need to be the senate president

Tinubu is your next president

You guys go cry tire

olajide8:


What is mesujamba shataki saying again, the budget has been with them since December we are in April soon to enter may 5 months and it has not' been passed, isn't' it obvious who the culprits are? When the wicked rule the innocent are flogged black and blue

leokid866:
This Man doesn't know that Jagaban with his glasses see's not just through him but past him. He should go to boudilon to collect the facts, Nonsense.

Gandollar:
But you usually don't come out to brag this way when the northern masters say it categorically that thief.nubu can never be president of Nigeria.

Stop barking up the wrong tree.

Richkid97:



Have you drink Kanu urine today

Gandollar:
Did you read the OP? Even if you didn't, if you were current and intelligent, you would have known that the points raised by Saraki is not new and is in the public domain even before now.

Though my siggy captures you and yours, I still urge you to read it.

olajide8:


Why do people feign so much ignorance like this? when we say we have a lot of educated illiterates, they would think because they can write a straight sentence they know their left from their right

na so one talk on another thread that tinubu wants to be president as if he knows the man more then 'the man, lets reach 2021 first to see if it is true, they went on to say he influenced the choice of the tribunal delegates, that the CJN approved as delegated to the president of the court of appeal "in our constitution" to compile, of the list of tribunal members.

now here again. someone thinks he is making so much sense to himself because he feels his point of view is spot on, whereas his brains, abi her brains are under her feet, what backs her faces another, person - what does it take, like what they use to do under previous administrations to give the committees marching orders to do the necessary and pass the thrash, within 30 days well most of the committee chairmen are in the opposition PDP, they were the, ones that support shataki - we are so quick to forget that money for specific roads were reduced, e.g Lagos Ibadan e,expressway and appropriated to local govt roads of some senators and tagged constituency projects, in the budget, if they have forgotten we haven't forgotten and fashola definitely hasn't forgotten, because no one wants to question the true meaning of appropriation, we are also quick to forget or would I say, some people have selective amnesia that when monies are moved from some ministries projects and added or increased above the govt plan it's called padding especially when it doesn't' have equivalent returns to the people-

what is the difference between the committees of the Senate and the senate? Is one outside the structure of the Nass?- rubbish as usual. Is a committee a separate entity from the Senate? -

to whom brain is given, common sense is expected, come to think of it- if the budget is not passed and it was submitted since December, who's responsibility is it to pass it, me? the executive? or 'the same nass?

IvarTheTerrible:


Saraki is still butt-sore

Tinubu taught him a bitter lesson - NEVER play Chess like Checkers


He mentioned the name "TINUBU" at least 50x in this epistle

PearlStreet:
Lol
Them don humble Saraki.

No be this idiot say e dey come teach Lagos Pdp how to defeat Tinubu and those flatheaded beasts of no Nation from the barren land dey jump about?

How markate?

Richkid97:



He don’t need to be the senate president

Tinubu is your next president

You guys go cry tire

Gandollar:
Trash!!

It's on record that MDA's were reprimanded even by the lifeless Sudanese for not showing up on time to defend their budgets.

If Fashola was sufficiently convinced that funds for his projects were unjustly reduced, why didn't he go to court, or are the Nass under imunity?

Padding is a notorious habit of all involved in the budget process especially the executive arm who year in year out sneak in the same items budgeted for in previous years under same and disguised headings.

Man or woman, I'm a woman. You are free to question your weak manhood on why a lady can be this audacious!
Your call!

EClassicgold:

Take it or leave it. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu is an epitome of leadership.
To those who are canvasing for Senator
Bukola Saraki ressurgence. They should
wake up from their dream. Senator
Saraki has gone and he has gone for
good.
May we never have such a selfish
personality in the affair of our nation
again.
Mind you, I'm not a politician but a
revolutionist.

lukui:
he is waving to a train that has already left its station!

you are still talking after losing your seat!!!!

paracetamol after beheading!!!

(in Dbanj s voice) you are gone Saraki, you are gone!!!!

too late!!!!!!

Anonny1:
Fuxck politics. Am heartbroken

searchlight:
it is on record that the two were former governors while one was the chairman of governors forum and later the president of the senate. when chips are down we will never here of national leader or whatever nonsense they answer. I'd be senate president for four years than being national leader for 100 years lolssss