Following President Muhammadu
Buhari’s refusal to assent to peace Corps bill which was communicated to the
Senate last week, Senate may override his assent anytime soon, as it has
questioned the reasons the president gave for refusing assent to the bill.
Senator Dino Melaye representing
Kogi West Senatorial district, Tuesday, explained that he had been under
pressure from his constituents lately over the necessity of Peace Corps to
Nigeria youth.
Speaking through order 43 of
Senate rules, Melaye posited that it was unacceptable, reasons adduced by
President Buhari, where he cited paucity of funds and duplication of
responsibilities for not signing the bill.
He canvassed that the bill should
be reconsidered for assent, noting that the Senate would override Mr.
President’s assent if he fails to do so.
“Mr. President, distinguished
colleagues, I have been inundated with text messages from my constituents over
Peace Corps bill and I want to say it is important to Nigeria Youth”
The lawmaker recalled that Nigeria
Civil Defense Corps was declined assent by former President Olusegun Obasanjo
untill the Senate vetoed his assent to save the situation.
“Mr. President, distinguished
colleagues, when former President Olusegun Obasanjo declined assent to the
Nigeria Civil Defense Corps bill, his assent was vetoed and I want to say that
Buhari should reconsider Peace Corps bill for assent or the Senate will
override his assent.”
He further doubted the judicious
use of $5.5 billion Eurobond and N11 billion security votes, saying there was
no positive impact despite the nation parting away such huge sums of money.
According to him, the former
ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) borrowed the sum of N6 trillion in
16 years, while President Buhari-led government had borrowed 11 trillion in 3
years.
He wondered what those funds were
meant that could not be channeled into funding of Peace Corps.
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On whose permission were the monies borrowed?? Was it not ds Senate dat keeps feeding Nigerians wt lies, our mumu don do tru tru. Honestly, we need Jerry Rawlings style of takeover.
ReplyDeleteWith the increase in taxation drive, acclaimed increase in duty collection and Treasury Single Account implement; they still went and borrow 16Trillion and yet nothing at all to show for the collections and the borrow. Nigerians, we really entered one-chance with the government in power. To have supported this government into power is the most terrible mistake I made in my life. We all must be ready to undo this error.
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