Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said it was hypocritical for the President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the heavily padded and unimplementable 2022 budget passed by the National Assembly, but declined assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
The governor said the speed at which the President signed the 2022 budget which he had described as unimplementable was curious and smacks of insensitivity to the plight of ordinary Nigerians.
Governor Wike stated this when he paid a New Year visit to the Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, in his home town, Orba in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant to Governor Wike on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, and made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday evening.
“Look at Mr President the other day while he was signing the budget, he said the budget is unimplementable. But he went on and signed what is unimplementable. A budget that will determine the state of the economy, the progress of this nation, and the President knew this thing can’t work and he signed it.Then the Electoral Act, he said he will not sign it because direct primaries are too expensive. “What concerns me with party primaries? What concerns the poor people with party primaries? The one that concerns poor man, businessman, how to grow the economy, you signed it, knowing too well that it will not work,” Wike stated