The
2016 budget is fueled by insincerity, shrouded in fantasy, built on
tall dreams and spawned by deceit, ignorance and the illusion of change.
It is bloated, unrealistic, expensive, cosmetic and it will not result
in anything good.
In
order to fund part of the budget the government intends to borrow money
and this will throw our country into even greater debt. What a tragedy
this is given the fact that in 2007 Nigeria was debt-free. The Buhari
administration is spending money like a drunken sailor and they are
borrowing as if there is no tomorrow, mortgaging the future of our
nation and our children, We need far more fiscal discipline and
seriousness than that if our government really wishes to improve the
economy and better the lives of ordinary people.
Meanwhile
the Federal Government has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is
responsible for todays long fuel queues even though he left office 7
months ago. They seem to have forgotten that in 2012 it was their group,
led by Bola Tinubu, Nasir El Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi and President Buhari
himself that aggressively opposed deregulation and almost brought the
whole country to a standstill with protests and riots all over the place
in their efforts to prevent the government from removing the oil
subsidy.
Had
it not been for their pettiness, lack of understanding,
shortsightedness and double standards the subsidy would have been
removed three years ago and fuel queues would have been a thing of
history. Sadly they lacked the foresight to appreciate the virtues of
that policy and today they have the nerve to blame Jonathan for the mess
that they themselves essentially created.
They
have been in power for 7 months now: it is time for them to step up to
the plate, start taking responsibility for their own actions, do a
better job and stop blaming Jonathan for their own miserable and
avoidable failures.
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