I spoke with a Nigerian senator last night to get the detail of sectoral allocations in Tinubu’s 2024 budget. To my surprise, he said the president came with an EMPTY case! “We sat yesterday to discuss the general principles of the budget but nobody got a copy. The truth is that the president came with an empty case,” he said.

Jaafar Jaafar

Fankon kundin kasafin kudi Tinubu ya ba mu — 'Yan Majalisa

BBC News Hausa

(Translation of the BBC Hausa text = The empty budget book Tinubu gave us — Members of Parliament)

Translated from Hausa by Google.

Tinubu gave us empty budget book — Members of Parliament

1 December 2023, 04:49 GMT

The budget presentation ceremony in Nigeria by the President of the country to the National Assembly has left behind dust, where some members of the parliament suspect that the President of the country deceived them and they said that he handed them the 2024 budget resolution.

On Wednesday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented his first budget proposal to the Joint Session of the Nigerian Parliament.

President Bola Tinubu said that the budget for next year is based on the forecast of selling one barrel of oil at 77.96 dollars, and producing an estimated 1.78 million barrels of oil daily. And one US dollar on the exchange rate of 750 naira.

The budget has decided to spend 9.92 trillion naira in the field of daily activities. Then there is 8.25 trillion naira for debt repayment, while major projects will get 8.7 trillion naira.

However, the members of parliament said that "there is nothing in a small box that the president bowed down and placed in front of the parliament hall."

Hon Yusuf Shitu Galambi, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, told the BBC that there is no doubt that the president read his budget speech to them, but they did not see the budget statement.

He said, "The President read the budget for us, but yesterday the budget for each employee as usual was not brought."

The member of parliament said, "We checked the book he kept but we didn't see anything in it."

Hon Yusuf Shitu Galambi, said that in the history of the Federal House of Representatives, what has been done this time has never been done, and the constitution does not say that it should be done.

He said, "We, the members of parliament, this thing is difficult for us, because it is something that has never been seen and never expected or dreamed of."

"We think this thing is like a deception, since if it is not prepared, why should we come but I have finished everything, then we have to ask for more time until the time it will be finished, there is no rush in it."

The member of parliament said that since the budget is empty now, they have to wait until the President brings detailed information on the budget.

'No cheating'

However, on the other hand, some members of the House of Representatives said that there was no deception in the presentation of the budget by President Bola Tinubu to the House.

Hon Sada Soli Jibia, who is a member of the House of Representatives, said that normally, the House must go through some steps before distributing the budget copies so that every member of the House can see what they contain.

However, Sada Soli said that as of Friday, they have not seen the budget, as according to him, "Until now, it is being printed in the printing house where documents are printed by the parliament."

He added that on Saturday the committee on the budget will meet with the leaders of the parliamentary committees, before each member of parliament will be given a copy of the budget.

https://www.bbc.com/hausa/articles/c25220rn8vdo?

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Agbado president.

Empty case; empty brain.

And you people passed it like that, so what do you want us to do about it?? What they're saying in effect is they just threw a whole year worth of the nation's scarce resources into the grasping fingers of the Executive to do with as he pleases! And these are supposed to be the defenders of our democracy?? Ewo!! May the labour of our heroes past never end in vain because of our own homegrown foolishness!

Tinubu have handicapped us

Tinubu, the master scammer.

When this Fraudster Thiefnibuu finish with Nigerians, to Japa go even Somalia go the hungry them.

Tinubu is a notorious narcotics drug trafficker engaging in criminal state capture

He got absolutely nothing to offer

SadiqBabaSani:
Tinubu have handicapped us

this one na Asian handicap o!
Nigeria don suffer

Man knows next to nothing.

Damnnn niggar

Not surprised

Coconut 🥥 head

Empty budget .... Empty leaders ..... Empty APC followers

Nigeria self, make una allow the old man recover his money na.person empty his bullion vans win election, allow him recover small na

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I think these lawmakers in this national assembly are bizarre. From their speeches, entrying wrong parliamentary sitting, dressing etc. Akpabio and the speaker should teach their boys better in the acts of the parliament

They usually distribute copies of the budget to each senator and member of the House, but it seems that has not yet been done and some senators checked the box that the president presented, but they found nothing in it.

I don't believe this

But the said the president is dull. His brain sharp well well.

Edited: But wait oo the news is already being debunked as fake news. Check screen short and link below.


The Northern Caucus chairman in the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ado Alhassan Doguwa, has debunked as incorrect the report that President Bola Tinubu presented an empty budget box during his budget presentation on Wednesday.

“What people don’t know is that the President had submitted a flash drive of the whole budget before his presentation to the joint chambers,” he said.

In a statement he released titled “Stop the Misrepresentation of Facts: We Did Not Receive Empty 2024 Budget Box from President Tinubu,” Doguwa said the speculation is unfounded.

FreeStuffsNG:

Empty box just passed 1st and second reading too abi? Smh
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/648199-nigerias-2024-budget-passes-second-reading-at-senate.html

https://dailypost.ng/2023/12/01/president-tinubu-didnt-present-empty-budget-box-doguwa/

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Jaafar Jaafar




BBC News Hausa

(Translation of the BBC Hausa text = The empty budget book Tinubu gave us — Members of Parliament)

"Empty box" , according to Jaafar, just passed 1st and second reading too abi? Smh
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/648199-nigerias-2024-budget-passes-second-reading-at-senate.html

This is why those in authority don't take folks like him serious. They waste time on idle petty beer-parlour gists and add nothing intellectually stimulating to engage with leaders. Just imagine someone like Jafaar Jaafar sitting to interview a Minister like Tunji Ojo, the Minster will keep wondering how Jaafar became a journalist ni.

Jaafar forgot that the process of laying budget before the Legislature made up of both ruling and opposition lawmakers is a constitutional obligation for the President, he probably thinks it's a parade for Instagram. Smh. Check my signature for free stuffs!

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Tinubu, Akpabio and the CJN are playing Nigerians street. Anybody that believes this set of Nigerian leaders have what it takes to fix this country is an enemy of Nigeria.

January you better go rest you go just die on top nothing wallahi.

[quote][/quote]The how they operate in a drug cartel,there're many fake and empty cases to create confusion amd distraction for the real cases with hard drugs to sail through.APC are changing the narratives in negative manner they've completely eroded the little trust most Nigerian citizens had left in their leaders.Imagine a budget of 27.5trn with largest chunk of it(N24,66trn) going on salaries and wages alone!Civil service represents the minutest portion of Nigerian population,we're not saying don't improve workers' wellbeing but do remember those that are not among this population.

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