Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the raging controversies between the Presidency and the National Assembly over the 2016 Budget as a confirmation of his position that President Mohammadu Buhari was clueless and incompetent, saying; “Nigerians should expect more blunders like this until they send Buhari back to Daura in 2019.”
The governor, who said it
was now obvious that the President and his All Progressives Congress (APC) only
wanted power desperately without the wherewithal to govern, added that; “I
warned Nigerians of the consequences of electing an octogenarian as president
and with the international embarrassment that this budget crisis has become, I
have been vindicated.”
According to a statement
issued on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on Pubic Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; “It is obvious that there is total
disconnection between the President and his cabinet members as many of the
ministers don’t even have access to him probably because the President spend
most of his time resting as a result of his old age.”
He said; “The reality is
that the President is challenged by age, exposure and ability. He did not read
the budget proposal that he presented to the National Assembly and this should
be a lesson for those who clamoured for a Buhari’s presidency that no man can
give what he does not have.
“The question is; can a
minister present supplementary budget to the National Assembly and can the
National Assembly act on budget proposal submitted by a minister?
“It is shameful that
after blaming former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) for close to one year, the presidency is now blaming the National
Assembly for its inability to prepare a common budget.”
The governor commended
the National Assembly for exposing the lies and hypocrisy of the presidency,
saying it was shameful that President Buhari and his men could blame the
National Assembly for their incompetence.
He called on the National
Assembly not to succumb to blackmail and intimidation from the Presidency,
saying that the way and manner the Presidency was going about blackmailing and
intimidating other arms of government, especially the judiciary should worry
lovers of democracy and good governance in the country.
The governor, who
declared that Nigeria will no longer be ruled by octogenarians, said;
“Nigerians must have now come to terms that I warned them that Buhari is too
old to govern a country like Nigeria.”
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