Moshood Mustapha, Special Adviser on Special Duties to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said his principal deserves commendation for making ministerial screening and budget defence bribe-free exercises.
“Saraki had created the most democratised, participatory and rigorous budgeting process as we have all seen,” he said
“This is perhaps the most disciplined Senate since 1999 when we have ministerial screening and budget approval process without bribery and other forms of corruption.
“It is a scandal-free budget process. Nobody has ever said anybody brought money or anything.”
On purchase of N330m cars by the Senate, two of which were delivered to Saraki, Mustapha stated that some persons were trying to make a mountain out of a molehill,
His words: “Journalists are also getting carried away by little issues to the detriment of big issues like the security challenges, youths’ unemployment, dwindling opportunities for economic growth, abject poverty in the land and collapse of national values.
“How is it the business of the Senate president when the National Assembly management decided to buy vehicles for security personnel, including the SSS and the protocol staff? Is the Senate president going to drive the pick-up or the ambulance and the pilot car or the SSS’ Toyota Prado jeeps?
“Why should we use the issue of vehicles bought by the management to bring down a man of that caliber, without looking at his pedigree?”
“As a student, he (the Senate president) drove the best cars, in Nigeria, in the United Kingdom or in any part of the world,” the aide added.
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