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| Senate President, Bukola Saraki |
Senate President, Bukola
Saraki yesterday said the rejection of Buhari’s request for a foreign
loan plan of $30 billion should not be politicised. Saraki spoke shortly
after he joined President Muhammadu Buhari for Jumat prayers at the
Presidential Villa.
Speaking with State
House Correspondents, Saraki said, “I came here to pray, I have finished
praying and Ijust had a general felicitation with the President. It
didn’t go beyond that”
On the relationship with the
executive regarding the loan, Saraki said, “we should not look at that
as a reflection of the relationship. Don't let us
politicise very important issues. As we said this is work in progress”
The Senate had on October 25
rejected the request for external borrowing plan of $29.96 billion to
finance infrastructural projects across the country between 2016 and
2018.
However, the Minister of information
and Culture, Lai Mohammed had last Wednesday said that
President Muhammadu Buhari would re-present the request to the senate.
Mohammed while briefing State
House Correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council
meeting, explained that the government would continue to engage
lawmakers on need for the loan.
According to him, the senators
would approve the request when the government further engage them and
make more details available.
“It is not unusual for the government and the Senate to have some disagreements, they want more information.
“We will continue to engage them. We will give them all the information they need”, he said.
Source: National Mirror
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