Buhari’s Government Is Spending Money Like A Drunk Sailor – Fani-Kayode

Controversial former spokesperson of Goodluck Jonathan

Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani- Kayode has described

President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 budget as a

document fueled by insincerity.

According to him, it was ironic that former governor

Asiwaju Tinubu; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi

Amaechi and Governor Nasir El- Rufai who kicked against

deregulation during former President Jonathan, have

suddenly become great supporters of deregulation.

In a statement he made available to journalists in Abuja,

Fani-Kayode who accused Buhari’s administration of

spending money like a drunken sailor, alleged that the

government was borrowing as if there was no tomorrow.

Read details of his full statement below…

“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 today’s

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.”