December 1, 2010 06:32PM


Making little effort to hide their bias, members of the Senate committee on Budget and Appropriation led by Iyola Omisore, refused to give any latitude to the Central Bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to defend his statement that the National Assembly takes 25 per cent of the federal budget.

Mr Omisore pointedly told Mr Sanusi at one point that the committee was not prepared to listen to him and that he must direct his response through the Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga who was also invited to clarify the budget figures of the National Assembly.

Mr Omisore, who led the questioning, said Mr Sanusi reports to the Finance Minister who should answer questions on his behalf. Mr Aganga who said he was in a difficult position because he was there to clarify a statement made by someone else tried to explain the various definitions of overheads and how the figures can differ depending on context.

Mr. Omisore who was evidently angry, alleged that the CBN governor had chosen to deliberately incite Nigerians against the Assembly. He then asked Mr. Aganga to state categorically whether Mr Sanusi's statement was right or not. The minister again said the statement depends on which part of the money allocated to the assembly was being considered.

Mr Sanusi insisted that he got his figures from the director of budget's office and that he was willing to apologise if they were wrong but since he had done nothing wrong he has said nothing to apologise for. He urged the Senators to examine the contest under which he made his statement which was actually in a lecture about factors that fuel inflationary trends.

The senators however accused him of having deliberately chosen to bash the National Assembly when the budget of the Central Bank which he heads is more than that of the Assembly.

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This guy shd be flogged.

A legislators should be a part time job. They should be seated no more than 60 days a year. The more they meet the bigger the damages done to the nation. We need part-time legislators that will be paid only seating allowances. This system is ruinous and unsustainable and will inevitably lead the military to come back. It is a matter of time. The system is broken from foundation.

those clowns @ NASS!!, they r paid too much,, n for the wrong profession too!, they shud be in a circus or sumthing, helping to make people laugh
with their bloated stomachs n empty brains!



i wish a rogue missile meant for afghanistan will find itsway to the NAT ASSEMBLY COMPLEX, when they r all in session!!,
thieveing clowns!