Melaye Attacks President Buhari, Says His Expenditure Framework Is Fraud
ino Melaye, a senator from Kogi west, has
described the medium-term expenditure
framework (MTEF), which the administration
of President Muhammadu Buhari presented
to the national assembly as a “lie and a
fraud”.
In the document, the 2017 budget was
predicated on an oil benchmark of $42 per
barrel, and an exchange rate of 290 per
dollar.
Speaking on the MTEF on the floor of the
upper legislative chamber on Wednesday, the
legislator wondered what happened to the
previous proposal which the senate passed
last year.
He asked the senate to reject the proposal,
and return it to the executive.
“This document is a lie. It is not truthful, and
it is not transparent,” he said.
“We need to know the level of compliance of
the MTEF we passed last year. Is this MTEF
predicated on the loan the executive want to
take? Governance is about truth, it is about
opening yourself to the people. The exchange
rate of 290 per dollar is a lie. This is a fraud.
“This house is the house of the people. We
should not out of fear or intimidation refuse
to speak the truth. This document should go
back to where it came from.”
On November 3, Ali Ndume, senate leader,
had also described the proposal as “empty”.
described the medium-term expenditure
framework (MTEF), which the administration
of President Muhammadu Buhari presented
to the national assembly as a “lie and a
fraud”.
predicated on an oil benchmark of $42 per
barrel, and an exchange rate of 290 per
dollar.
Speaking on the MTEF on the floor of the
upper legislative chamber on Wednesday, the
legislator wondered what happened to the
previous proposal which the senate passed
last year.
He asked the senate to reject the proposal,
and return it to the executive.
“This document is a lie. It is not truthful, and
it is not transparent,” he said.
“We need to know the level of compliance of
the MTEF we passed last year. Is this MTEF
predicated on the loan the executive want to
take? Governance is about truth, it is about
opening yourself to the people. The exchange
rate of 290 per dollar is a lie. This is a fraud.
“This house is the house of the people. We
should not out of fear or intimidation refuse
to speak the truth. This document should go
back to where it came from.”
On November 3, Ali Ndume, senate leader,
had also described the proposal as “empty”.
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