senaThe Senate Spokesman, Senator Sabi Abdullahi today in Abuja affirms that the National Assembly would not take Nigerians for granted, therefore, attempts by the Presidency to water down the already passed budget will not be tolerated.
Addressing reporters after Tuesday’s plenary, Abdullahi stressed that the statement which was issued yesterday with regards to Buhari’s failure to assent to the bill was not a confrontation, but to put things right in the interest of Nigerians, hence the expectation of the Senate was for the Bill to be signed into law unconditionally.
“I want to make it very clear that the statement which was issued by the Senate on Monday was not a confrontation with Presidency, but to put things in its proper perspectives,” he noted.
Reacting to claims by the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi that the Senate expunged the Calabar – Lagos Rail project from 2016 budget, Abdullahi described the project as important and strategic, noting, that they were not ready to poke one another, while advising that if there were mistakes on part of the Executive, they should accept it.
As stated by him, it remains that the only way out of the logjam was through supplementary budget rather than dissipating energy on the budget as it is now.
“There is nothing wrong for anybody to admit error and apologise and in this case case, the Senate could not have removed the project if it was part of the proposed budget,” he maintained.
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