Senate President Bukola Saraki said on Saturday
that Nigerian senators have expressed strong reservations about President
Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to properly communicate his administration’s plan to
spend $1 billion on arms procurement.
“Just few days ago, the issue of providing
funding for the purchase of security equipment was in the news. In a good
environment, such an issue needed to have been discussed with lawmakers,” The
Nation quoted Mr Saraki as saying at a retreat for lawmakers in Jos Saturday.
“Already, some senators are angry.”
Mr Saraki said some lawmakers have already
taken a position out of anger that they were not consulted before the $1
billion expenditure was made public. Defence Minister Mansur Ali disclosed last
week that Mr Buhari had approved new expenditure for arms and other equipment
for the country’s security agencies to the tune of $1 billion.
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