Two Civil Society Organisation, CSOs, have threatened to shut down Nigeria, following the approval of N13 billion, allocated for refreshments, travels, and welfare, in the 2017 budget.
The CSOs, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, and Campaign for Democracy, have called on Nigerians, to rise and resist the wastefulness orchestrated by the National Assembly, to approve such whopping sum, in a country where many are “dying of hunger”.
Recall, that the National Assembly approved the 2017 budget, last week.
The CACOL Chairman, Debo Adeniran, noted: “That allocation is a graphic example of how to be insensitive to the plight of the citizens of Nigeria. The Lawmakers are cashing in on the people’s docility.
“Nigerians are going to rise up against such wastefulness. These are the people who claim to sit on our behalf at the National Assembly. Our Legislators make laws to secure their emoluments, and so on.
“If the Presidency consciously allows this outrageous budget, then it is an accomplice.
“The National Assembly can reverse itself, because we are still in a recession, and they should empathise with us.”
In like manner, the CD President, Usman Abdul, argued that the country would suffocate, if Nigerians did not call to question, such “abnormalities” being perpetrated by the National Assembly.
“It is becoming a norm in our budgetary allocations, to have such abnormalities. You have traditional gifts, entertainment, and other frivolities, in the budget”, he added.
