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Yahaya Abdullahi Slams Tinubu Govt On Budget Execution

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Yahaya Abdullahi Slams Tinubu Govt On Budget Execution

Yahaya Abdullahi, senator representing Kebbi north, says the federal government’s handling of the 2024 budget has “eroded” public trust.

Speaking on Tuesday at the senate plenary, Abdullahi criticised the executive for failing to implement the budget and allegedly stalling payments to contractors, saying the situation poses a threat to national stability.

Abdullahi was contributing to a debate on a bill sponsored by Solomon Adeola, senator representing Ogun west, which seeks to amend the 2024 appropriation act by extending its capital component to December 31, 2025.

“The second reading that has been rendered on this issue by our chairman of appropriation, to me, is quite interesting,” Abdullahi said.

“First, it’s interesting because I believe that the national assembly is not being taken into confidence by the executive arm of government on this very serious matter.

“This budget should have been implemented and everything done by December 31, 2024. We extended it by another six months to the end of June this year. Right now, what is going on is that activities of the government are being stalled.”

He claimed that the situation has left contractors stranded and ministries paralysed.

“Contractors who have even succeeded in completing their projects have not been paid,” he said.

“The system that they have adopted in getting payment done centrally from the office of the accountant-general of the federation has woefully failed.”

Abdullahi added that despite the national assembly’s efforts to alert the ministry of finance and other relevant agencies, no meaningful change has occurred.

“People have committed their resources, conducted government work, did everything, but up to now their payments have been stalled,” he said.

“There are so many projects, some ministries where even no work has been done in terms of going through the appropriation processes. So I think we need to know what really is happening.

“Some people are saying that there is a cash flow problem or whatever. I mean, the credibility of this government is getting very, very down.

“Workers whose salaries have been increased — we say we are giving them N35,000 additional money, we have created minimum wage, N70,000 — nobody has seen anything.

“So I think for the purpose of its own credibility, this government has to come to explain to Nigerians what is happening.”

He urged the leadership of the national assembly to take the matter directly to President Bola Tinubu.

“I think the leadership of the national assembly should engage, even if it means going to the Mr President because the country is financially bleeding,” he said.

“People are losing confidence in the capacity of the government to deliver on its own projects and promises.”

Abdullahi, who served as senate leader in the ninth assembly, said the situation was unprecedented in his legislative experience.

“This is the third session of my presence in this national assembly. We never had this. It has never happened like this,” he said.

He also criticised the return of a “cumbersome” and centralised payment system, which he said is starving ministries of funds and crippling project execution.

“The 2024 budget — we might forget about it. It has not even started,” he added.

The bill was, however, passed after the senate suspended its rules to fast-track first, second, and third readings.

ABDULLAHI’S DEFECTION TO APC

His comments come just six weeks after he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Abdullahi was one of the Kebbi senators who defected from the PDP to the APC on May 13.

The others are Adamu Aliero, senator representing Kebbi central; and Garba Maidoki, Kebbi south senator.

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BREAKING: ADC Claims Victory Against APC In Kaduna Bye-Election

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ADC Vows To End APC Misrule, Opens Niger Office For 2027

The African Democratic Congress has claimed it won two out of three seats in the state and National Assembly bye-elections in Kaduna State.

The ADC Coalition mobilisation wing, known as ‘ADC Vanguard,’ disclosed this in a terse statement on its X account Saturday.

DAILY POST reports that Kaduna State conducted elections in the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency, the Zaria Kewaye State Constituency, and the Basawa State Constituency. 

Reacting to the polls in a statement, ADC Vanguard said on X, “ADC Coalition Dominates Kaduna State, Securing 2 out of 3 constituencies insStunning victory.”

However, official results from the state electoral commission are yet to be released.

Earlier, All Progressives Congress chieftain, Ayekooto Akindele took a swipe at the former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, saying emerging results showed Kaduna people spoke loudly against him.

“Unfortunately for him, Kaduna people said loudly today that UBA SANI IS THEIR LEADER.

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PROPHECY: List of Nigerian Governors That May Not Return In 2027 (Full List) ICYMI

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Primate Elijah Ayodele, the founder and spiritual leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has issued a stern warning to Nigerian governors regarding their aspirations for a second term in office in 2027.

In a public statement released by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele elaborated on the challenges these governors may face in their quest for re-election,  indicating that without sincere efforts and dedication, their ambitions for a second term might be hindered.

The warning serves as a wake-up call for these leaders to recognize the potential obstacles ahead and to engage in the necessary actions to secure their political futures.

“The governors of Akwa Ibom, Delta, Enugu, Cross River, Kaduna, Zamfara, and Ondo must work well to get a second term in office.

“It’s not certain for them except they work hard and pray. This is a hint of what they should be expecting.

“They need to work very well so that they won’t lose their second-term ambition,” he revealed.

Primate Ayodele also warned the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to be careful and prayerful so that his second term as Senate President will not be traded.

“Senate President Godswill Akpabio must be very careful and prayerful to get a second term as Senate president. I see his position being traded; he must work very hard to avoid it.”

Likewise, Primate Ayodele revealed that prominent senators and members of the House of Representatives will not return for a second term, too, while warning Ned Nwoko of Delta against his governorship ambition, saying it’s not yet his time.

 

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2027 Election: Presidency Speaks On What Would Happen If Jonathan Decides To Run Against Tinubu [VIDEO]

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Niger Poised As Decentralized Electricity Model Under Tinubu's Act – Santuraki

Special adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on policy communication, Daniel Bwala, ruled out the possibility of any political figure, including for- mer President Goodluck Jonathan, defeating Tinubu the 2027 election

Bwala, who was a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, was asked if there is a need to worry over the recent clamour for Jonathan to run for of- fice in 2027

Some political stakeholders have claimed that Jonathan would be one of the leading candidates to confront incumbent President Tinubu in the 2027 general election

dailyvoice.ng reports that rumours swirled in Nigeria over a possible 2027 presidential run by ex-leader Goodluck Jonathan.

Bwala’s video can be watched here

Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday night, August 12 nonitored by Legit.ng, Bwala spoke on if a Jonathan comeback bid could rattle President Tinubu

Recently, former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, threw his weight behind Jonathan as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) strongest option or the 2027 presidential election.

This is as he urged the party to “woo” him back into its fold.

Reacting to the CaMS for Jonathan to contest against Tinubu, Bwala said:

“I see that some unscrupulous elements are trying to hoodwink former President Goodluck Jonathan to come into politics so that they can destroy his reputation, which after he left government he has been building by becoming an international figure globally.”

Bwala explained that Tinubu has ‘captured”the, south south geopolitical zone where Jonathan comes from.

He continued: “The elements that are going to him in the north, asking him to run, where they not the ones that chased him away? So, what hope does he have that this time around, they are calling him because they mean well for him?

“Then, look at the political class that are coming to- gether to cajole him to come into politics. I know former President Goodluck Jonathan is smarter than that. But if former President Jonathan decides to run, let me tell you, I have seen the political cli- mate in Nigeria today, andt will speak to facts, not conjectures, there is not a single politician that has the capacity to knock off President Bola Tinubu – in all fronts.”

 

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