On Wednesday 19, December
2018, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019 budget to the joint session
of the National Assembly. Before his presentation, Senate President, Bukola
Saraki made remarks, welcoming him to lay the 2019 Budget
proposal for the consideration of the National Assembly in accordance with
Section 81 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as
amended.
In this analysis, Infoprations found that bill, national,
assembly, budget, government and president were the words used most by the Senate
President. This suggests that the 8th National Assembly prioritised own success
over the budget, executive and economy performances. Analysis further shows
that Senator Saraki was logical (76%), confident (62%) and sad about the state
of the nation (54%) during his remarks.
“Certainly, we as the legislature are of the view that, unless we
strengthen our laws to create the right structures that enable the private sector
power the economy, we will not be able to create enough jobs and opportunity
for our people to thrive and prosper. Through collaborative efforts and
engagements with all stakeholders, we have passed bills designed to help
government create jobs, open the entire market to private sector investment and
modernise the economy.”
“Let me use this opportunity to
also commend Your Excellency on the Social Investment Programme initiative of
your Administration. However, as laudable as this initiative has been, it is
pertinent to note that the current approach is unlikely to have a sustainable,
measurable impact that is free of corruption and abuse.
You will agree with me that such
a programme should carry no whiff of politicisation. Our role as leaders must
always be to ensure that we deliver governance results that do not
discriminate; and which ensure that all Nigerians irrespective of ethnicity,
religion and political stripe have access and are seen to be treated equally.”
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