The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Scandinavia, Ayoola Lawal, has condemned the controversies trailing the 2016 Budget since it was presented to the senate.
According to him, the controversies can be linked to the unimaginable wicked corruption and power play that are currently in play in the country.
His words: To start with, to the nation’s consternation, the Senate announced that the Nigeria budget document for 2016 was nowhere to be found in the hallowed chamber where it was kept. This sort has never been heard in the history of Nigeria.
“However, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara made it known that the copy of the document in his own chamber was intact.”
Ayoola noted that all these discrepancies observed, resurfaced with the budget when it was later found.
“The Senate observed that there were differences between its copy and the one in the House of Representatives, which indicates that something was wrong somewhere.
“The budget missing, padding and doctoring is so shameful to the entire Nigerians both home and in the diaspora.
“It is obvious that the budget will not be passed except the discrepancies are sorted appropriately and this is hurting to the economy and the masses.
“The ways and manners the senate and the judiciary is handling the collective affairs of our nation is bugaboo and this call for urgent attention,” he said.
Ayoola further noted that the country cannot continue the present path of fuddy – duddy and expect a better Nigeria.
“It is not a rocket science to figure out that the issue surrounding the budget is much about the corruption, and power play while the entire nation is the victim of such wicked act.
“It is high time our politicians and judges called home their conscious and put the nation above their personal desires by walking a mile in the shoes of the masses.
“I implore Nigerians to exercise patience and continue to pray for the success of Mr. President, who we believe is the Moses of our time that we lead us out the present scourge of Corruption and bad leadership,” he said.
