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helinues:
See budget padding

And that's irrespective of the political parties oo

If NEPA certificate expired soldier signed off budget padding, why is the Chicago graduate also signing off the padded budget?

Can it be that he is even more cluelss than the korofo Abacha PTF a-looter associate he alone installed as president to earn his own turn at continuing APC shege at a worse level

kolente:
The first time in recorded Nigerian recorded history where a Senate President and House of Rep Speaker will openly endorse a second term for a President two (2) years before a General Election.

I say it an I repeat it again The General Elections in 2027 will be between the mass of the Nigerian Electorate against these Politicians".

If PBAT gets a second term then call me a bast**d

Don't trust both Nigerians and the system, bros

farouk2much:
Attention... Naija will never get better.......

Attention:

200 million Nigerians will never get better.


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anonimi:
If NEPA certificate expired soldier signed off budget padding, why is the Chicago graduate also signing off the padded budget?

Can it be that he is even more cluelss than the korofo Abacha PTF a-looter associate he alone installed as president to earn his own turn at continuing APC shege at a worse level

You didn't read my comments as usual.

You ignored irrespective of political parties involved in the possible budget padding but want to be focusing on only Apc

Why?

Chai, this naija na turn by turn
You can't change this nation

helinues:
You didn't read my comments as usual.

You ignored irrespective of political parties involved in the possible budget padding but want to be focusing on only Apc

Why?

Because the president signs off the budget. That is why sir.

anonimi:
Because the president signs off the budget. That is why sir.

You are not even getting my point. Are you saying none of the opposition lawmakers in the budget committee saw the budget padding?

I trust the Nigerian people this time around, the Buhari catastrophe happened in our eyes, it's recent history no worry.

Most sane and right thinking Nigerians will resist a repeat.

Guess you are seeing what accrues to private pockets from this write-up.

ChybuzzDD:
Don't trust both Nigerians and the system, bros

That's why the opposition members without strong principles are decamping to your ruling party to enjoy their proceeds in peace without scrutiny.

Hope you are satisfied with that answer.

helinues:
You are not even getting my point. Are you saying none of the opposition lawmakers in the budget committee saw the budget padding?

ChybuzzDD:
Ronu boys will come out now to defend them, ignorantly believing they're defending their tribal god's regime

Defend what, this is not who we are, we are ashame,

helinues:
See budget padding

And that's irrespective of the political parties oo

the senate president, speaker of the house that are supposed to provide leadership and direction for the house are from which party?

Igirigimercenar:
In my entire existence on this earth , I am never going to thumbprint or vote for any parliamentarian again, once I vote in the governorship and presidential level,I am going straight home. My household will never vote in any parliamentary election again

Bunch of criminals

then you will be ruled by crooks

kolente:
I trust the Nigerian people this time around, the Buhari catastrophe happened in our eyes, it's recent history no worry.
Most sane and right thinking Nigerians will resist a repeat.
Guess you are seeing what accrues to private pockets from this write-up.

Let's pray they do.

A very good reason to stage protest against these treasury threatening wolves. This is damn too much. Where are the oppositions...? This is their job. Don't come to ask me for my vote if you can't defend the masses.

lexy2014:
the senate president, speaker of the house that are supposed to provide leadership and direction for the house are from which party?

I doubt this one know the role of the budget committee members in this scenario. Who are the people who presented the budget to the Senate president if not the committee?

Don't bother to ask another questions, that should do for today

MIKOLOWISKA:
then you will be ruled by crooks

. I am being ruled by crooks and criminals already

You surprise?

kolente:
That's why the opposition members without strong principles are decamping to your ruling party to enjoy their proceeds in peace without scrutiny.

Hope you are satisfied with that answer.

If Peter Obi's flip flopping to different political parties would be added to opposition with no strong principle, I should be satisfied

... meanwhile their supporters are bickering all over the social media...

Maxymilliano:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/05/20/budget-padding-national-assembly-inserts-projects-worth-n693trillion-2025-nigerian?fbclid=IwY2xjawKZO_tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFNc2kwREw3SnREdkdMT2pSAR4w2opqwMbsptERgU2AIjjKg7vUz31KOWuJ4owRBcUadwVm0UHmfHcHSkedbw_aem_CFPC5iLaKHbArtfQpQ80fw

With benefit of hindsight one can say, with a very slim margin of error, that is what they will work towards stealing from the public till under the pretence of constituency projects. Until we ensure that corruption has dire consequences Nigeria remains a joke!

Fiscus105:
I still don't know why executive allow lawmakers to be inserting whatever they wish into budget ...... claiming democracy and constuency projects, YET, no where in the country where we can see, the so-called constuency projects.


Democracy Na scam.
Still imagine the fake story they sold for us during the military era about democracy.

Very unfortunate, the leader of such struggles worse than dictators, he was fighting then.

The executive themselves are also inserting and inflating contracts so it's a i chop and u chop something everyone involved in the passing of the budget has to be settled before it can finally be signed by all parties just like what we see in most govt offices.

From humongous budget padding of the 10th National Assembly to Peter Obi ?

Is there a correlation with this response or there is a neuro-psych issue that needs attention.

helinues:
If Peter Obi's flip flopping to different political parties would be added to opposition with no strong principle, I should be satisfied

kolente:
The first time in recorded Nigerian history where a Senate President and House of Rep Speaker will openly endorse a second term for a President two (2) years before a General Election.

These people are meant to check the excesses of the executive as an independent arm of Government.

I say it an I repeat it again " The General Elections in 2027 will be between the mass of the Nigerian Electorate against these Politicians".

If PBAT gets a second term then call me a bast**d.

We can now see crystal clear the reason for the defections two (2) years before another election.

The defections are not just strange but very suspect.

No new milestone in the polity, excruciating poverty, mass unemployment, poor power supply but just few billionaires emerging from the National till.

2027 will be the reward time for those guys.

this is just saying it exactly as it is. It is really so sad that the current crop of leaders care more about their pockets than moving the nation forward.

A further proof why many are decamping to ...the main Party.. at least for political convenience and chop and chop easily

Remember when Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, was suspended simply for exposing the rot in the 2024 budget after alleging that over N3 trillion was padded into the budget? Nigeria is not just a crime scene; it’s a well-oiled criminal enterprise masquerading as a democracy. Let’s not sugarcoat it. Nigeria is not just broken; it is irredeemable. The decay is too deep, the rot too entrenched, the conscience of leadership long dead and buried. Every institution that should safeguard democracy has been hijacked. The legislature, meant to provide checks and balances, now functions as a rubber stamp for executive impunity. The judiciary is either compromised or complicit. The executive rules like a monarch, not a servant of the people. Our lawmakers, who rank among the highest paid in the world, have perfected the art of looting under the guise of legislation. They don’t represent the people; they represent their stomachs and those who grease their palms. The National Assembly, constitutionally designed to check the excesses of the executive, has become its willing puppet. Rather than question or scrutinize, they genuflect. We now have a Senate that sings "on your mandate we shall stand" like a choir of sycophants, with the Senate President as the conductor of this disgraceful symphony of submission. This isn’t a government; it’s a cartel.

helinues:
I doubt this one know the role of the budget committee members in this scenario. Who are the people who presented the budget to the Senate president if not the committee?

Don't bother to ask another questions, that should do for today

does this one know the meaning of "leadership"?

the senate president, speaker of the house that are supposed to provide leadership and direction for the house are from which party?

are you saying that the senate president and his counterpart in the house of rep are not aware that N6.93t in the national budget?

are you saying that the members of the budget committee are operating outside the leadership of the national assembly and as such do as they please as far as the budget is concerned?

National Assembly is now one of the most lucrative public office in the country, thanks to these insertions otherwise called budget padding. A budget outlines the expenditure and revenue plan, so if you have a bastardised budget no one needs to tell you that your plan is dead on arrival.

But there's a flip side to this issue. Over the years, the public have forcefully added projects to the mandates of their representatives. Hitherto, their broad functions were lawmaking and oversight. But today, a rep with ten bills to his name might get stoned in his constituency if he doesn't attract projects. And there's no way they can get such projects except through insertions in the federal budget. We're in for a long thing. I don't see this trend backpedalling anytime soon

A lot of you guys do not under how Federal Government Projects work,

I thought LP lawmakers were going to sanitize the system..

kolente:
The first time in recorded Nigerian history where a Senate President and House of Rep Speaker will openly endorse a second term for a President two (2) years before a General Election.

These people are meant to check the excesses of the executive as an independent arm of Government.

I say it an I repeat it again " The General Elections in 2027 will be between the mass of the Nigerian Electorate against these Politicians".

If PBAT gets a second term then call me a bast**d.

We can now see crystal clear the reason for the defections two (2) years before another election.

The defections are not just strange but very suspect.

No new milestone in the polity, excruciating poverty, mass unemployment, poor power supply but just few billionaires emerging from the National till.

2027 will be the reward time for those guys.

peter obi will never be president