The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has mocked
Nigeria’s 2022 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement on Thursday, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the
publicity secretary, said the opposition had scrutinized the Appropriation bill.
The spokesman noted that though the budget would be Buhari’s
last full-year budget, the President failed to take steps to include items that
could make him “leave office with some element of pride”.
Ugochinyere alleged that the only highlight of the budget is
that the government has tactlessly admitted that it is overwhelmed by its
failures and has no solution at hand.
“Recurrent expenditures and capital expenses like purchase
of cars, computers and accessories, and other unnecessary and white elephant
projects are all the budget contains because the ruling party will use the
budget to fund their 2023 election campaigns.
“A N16.39 trillion budget contains Debt service of N3.61
trillion, non-debt recurrent costs of N6.83 trillion while there is only a capital
expenditure of N5.35 trillion.
“New borrowings in the budget is totaling N5.01 trillion
with an extra N1.16trillion drawdowns on loans secured for specific projects.
This is the highlight of the uninspiring speech of the President as it cannot
add any productive value to the economy.”
The CUPP alleged that the Buhari administration has been
funding the same set of projects without completing them.
“After borrowing over N33trillion, President Buhari is still
declaring to Nigerians that he is borrowing to fund Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,
Abuja-Kano Expressway, East-West Road, 2nd Niger Bridge etc.
“Nigerians should please ask President Buhari; when will
these projects which have been in the budgets since 2016 ever be completed?”
Ugochinyere observed that Buhari severally thanked the
lawmakers for speedy approvals, but there was no appreciation for critical
analysis by the federal legislature.
“They quickly approved the Medium Term Expenditure
Framework, they quickly approved the 2021 supplementary budget, they quickly
approved loans and all borrowings and also will quickly approve this budget.
“All these were without critical analysis on the impact of
their approvals on the people they represent.
“Nigerians are hereby called upon to bear yet again another
year of suffering but have hope that when the opposition takes over, Nigeria
will get back on its feet”, the statement added.
On Wednesday, the CUPP urged the National Assembly to
impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of
Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.
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