Minister of Culture and Information, Lai Mohammed has responded to comments by Senate President Bukola Saraki who called the 2019 budget presented by President Buhari, “Hopeless”
President Muhammadu Buhari presented a N8.83 billion budget to the National Assembly on Wednesday to a round of boos and commotion
Senate President Saraki then said the bill “has no hope for anybody” when speaking to some civil society organisations in Abuja
“We all heard the 2019 budget. That is a budget that has no hope for anybody because if you look at the statistics and the figures there’s poverty, if you look at the figures based on revenues that are coming in, there is nothing left,” Saraki had added
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Lai Mohammed hit back, stating that Saraki’s assessment was just plain wrong
“It is not the practice of the executive to be exchanging words with the legislative arm of government, they are independent, we are independent,” Mohammed said.
“To the best of our knowledge, we presented a budget given the circumstances of our resources this year, we feel that is the best we can. It is left for the national assembly to consider it.
“I wish everybody Merry Christmas and as a government, we are happy that we have been able to meet all our promises, all our obligations to Nigerians.” Mohammed said