Buhari’s budget contains no hope for Nigerians

Buhari’s budget contains no hope for Nigerians - Saraki

- Senator Bukola Saraki said President Buhari will not attend the 2019 debate

- The Senate president also said the budget presented by the president has no hope for Nigerians

- He expressed optimism in Atiku Abubakar to lead the country well

Senate president, Bukola Saraki has reportedly criticised the budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari saying it has no hope for Nigerians.

Leadership reports that Saraki said this at an interactive session between the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Abuja

READ ALSO: Police arrest suspected Boko Haram leader in Lagos (photo)

Saraki in his opening remarks claimed that the budget presented by the president on Wednesday, December 19 has no future because the statistics does not indicate how it will be funded.

He said: “Yesterday, 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, so where’s the future?

“There must be an alternative and that is what we hope that by this evening, speaking to our candidate and vice presidential candidate, not based on sentiments , we are not voting on sentiments.

“How is your life going to be better? Which party offers you a better future because we see you as those who are patriotic and committed? It’s not about what you’ll get today. It’s about the great country.”

Saraki said anyone who wants to lead the country should be able to tell the people what he wants to do and said President Buhari will not attend the debate.

He said: “This is an interactive session, I’m not sure whether the other political parties will give you an opportunity like this to ask them any question. I’m told that one has debated and you already know the answer to that debate. On the second one, I’m very sure he’s not going to debate. So how do you assess somebody who is not ready to tell you what he’s going to do?

“Those days are gone, my good people, the future of this country, a country that leads the continent, that is not the example we want to set for this continent.

The whole world is going in a direction, if you’re seeking a position, you must come and tell people what you want to do, you must sit down and they’ll ask you questions and that is why we’re here. “Today is your day, we will sit down and take questions, I hope at the end of the exercise you will stand up and say yes this is the team that will secure Nigeria, this is the team that will unite Nigeria, this is the team that will fight the poverty in town and bring a bright future.”

Meanwhile, The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed how he was approached by several small political parties demanding for money to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election.

Oshiomhole said this when he received delegations from the European Union, EU and International Republican Institute (IRI) at the APC National Secretariat Abuja, Business Day reports.

NAIJ.com (naija.ng) -> Legit.ng We have updated to serve you better!

Nigeria Latest News: Buhari Reacts To APC Senators’ Betrayal | Legit TV

Source: Legit.ng

from Nigeria News today & Breaking Naija news ▷ Read on LEGIT.NG 24/7 http://bit.ly/2R8Qo8U
via EDUPEDIA24/7

These funny food quotes will make you laugh like crazy

Food is not only an essential part of the daily routine but also the most exciting one. We cannot imagine our life without something yummy. How do you make ordinary eating fun and unforgettable? We bring to your attention amazing food quotes which will definitely make you smile. Image: unsplash.com (modified by author) Source: UGC Are you looking for interesting ideas to entertain your interlocutor while having lunch at work or family dinner? Then this article is definitely for you! Good food quotes Below are food quotes, aphorisms and witty statements. This is an exciting and extraordinary collection of the top "pearls of wisdom" on this topic. Here you can find funny jokes and sayings, intelligent thoughts of philosophers and original words of great thinkers and inspiring statuses from social networks, as well as many other things. The best appetite comes without food. I love calories. They are dаmn tasty. An empty stomach is the Devil's playground. Have bre

The Transitional Phase of African Poetry

The Transitional Phase The second phase, which we have chosen to call transitional, is represented by the poetry of writers like Abioseh Nicol, Gabriel Okara, Kwesi Brew, Dennis Brutus, Lenrie Peters and Joseph Kariuki. This is poetry which is written by people we normally refer to as modem and who may be thought of as belonging to the third phase. The characteristics of this poetry are its competent and articulate use of the received European language, its unforced grasp of Africa’s physical, cultural and socio-political environment and often its lyricism. To distinguish this type of poetry we have to refer back to the concept of appropriation we introduced earlier. At the simplest and basic level, the cultural mandate of possessing a people’s piece of the earth involves a mental and emotional homecoming within the physical environment. Poems like Brew’s ‘‘Dry season”, Okara’s “Call of the River Nun”, Nicol’s “The meaning of Africa” and Soyinka’s “Season”, to give a few examples,

The pioneering phase of African Poetry

The pioneering phase We have called the first phase that of the pioneers. But since the phrase “pioneer poets” has often been used of writers of English expression like Osadebay, Casely-Hayford and Dei-Anag, we should point out that our “pioneer phase” also includes Negritude poets of French expression. The poetry of this phase is that of writers in “exile” keenly aware of being colonials, whose identity was under siege. It is a poetry of protest against exploitation and racial discrimination, of agitation for political independence, of nostalgic evocation of Africa’s past and visions of her future. However, although these were themes common to poets of both English and French expression, the obvious differences between the Francophone poets and the Anglophone writers of the 1930s and 1940s have been generally noted. Because of the intensity with which they felt their physical exile from Africa, coupled with their exposure to the experimental contemporary modes of writing in F

EDUPEDIA247

Search This Blog