From the look of things, all seems not to be too well in the Nigerian Senate especially since the presentation of the infamous '=N=89.1 kitchen equipment' budget.
Senator Kabiru Marafa, who represents Zamfara Central in Zamfara State, North-west Nigeria, has alleged that the 2016 budget proposal controversy had something to do with the trial of Saraki at the CCT which as endorsed by the Supreme Court on February 5, 2016. According to Marafa, the controversy was induced by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to blackmail President Muhammadu Buhari.
Marafa also faulted the proposal by the 8th Senate to purchase vehicles worth N4.7billion and the continuous shrouding of the National Assembly accounts in secrecy; an allegation which prompted the Senate to direct its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to launch an investigation on the Senator.
In the meantime, the National Assembly has postponed voting on the 2016 budget on the grounds what it termed citing inherent errors, ambiguities and rampant cases of budget padding discovered in the draft budget.
The Nigerian 2016 budget was faulted for being wasteful considering the austere period the country is undergoing with escalating =N=/$/£ exchange rates and little money in circulation, masses barely getting enough to feed on, an almost 0% electricity supply with an alarming electricity bills, for the Senate to request for =N=89.1m to purchase kitchen equipment, when the previous administration spent =N=237m in 2015 to purchase same 'kitchen equipment' is unbelievable.
We keep our fingers crossed....
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