2022 BUDGET "DUBIOUS" AND "QUESTIONABLE," SAYS ADEYEMI.

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Senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi who is also a member of the ruling party All Progressives Congress has said the 2022 budget proposal presented before the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari is not in tune with Nigeria’s economic reality, describing it as “dubious” and “questionable.”

“And you will ask a question, the economy team of Mr President Muhammadu Buhari, are they Nigerians? If they are Nigerians, it means they are not in tune with the reality in this country today. Today we have a large army of unemployed people and you are bringing a budget that is so annoying, so questionable, so dubious,” Mr Adeyemi said.

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Speaking to reporters in a viral video, Mr Adeyemi lamented the neglect of the Ajaokuta iron and steel complex, situated in his home state, Kogi, while budgeting billions on frivolities.

“In essence, if you have asked us in Kogi State what will be our priority in the 2022 budget, we will tell you to come and complete the iron and steel complex,” Mr Adeyemi said. “Not for the sake of Kogi State alone but for Nigeria itself. This is a complex that will provide about 60,000 jobs, about 20,000 engineers and technicians.”

He added that “How do you justify a ministry in Nigeria asking the Senate to approve N82 billion to buy mosquitoes nets? This is money that is more than enough to kick start or give an appreciable push to the building of iron and steel complex.”

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The 2022 budget in question was presented by Buhari to the National Assembly in October.

Despite high unemployment and food price inflation among other problems facing the country, the 2022 budget contained a proposed expenditure of N508 million on food and catering supplies for the State House in 2022.

Source: (Peoples Gazette).