Federal Government Passing Just Passing Budget Like a Drunken Sailor

In as much as it is good news that the President Buhari has signed the 2016 budget into law and Nigerians are expected to start seeing some changes in the tight financial constraint that has bedevilled the nation for many months so far. It is also so bad that the national budget of the most populous black nation on earth and the giant of Africa just came into law in the fifth month of the year when we have just a meagre seven months to pack up this year.

How can we be certain that the budget will be fully implemented and no part of it shall be stolen and kept aside due to under utilisation? Although the Federal Government has made it clear that it wants a transparent and corruption free budget. It has in turn forgotten that by failing to pass the budget as at when due has created many loop holes for criminal minded politicians and civil servants to exploit the budget and steal money aside for themselves. the Federal Government has also forgotten that justice delayed is justice denied. Proper implementation and financial tracking can not be accorded to the budget anymore because the various arms and parastatals of government that has been starved so far of funds will be in a rush to quickly disburse the resources allocated to them as can be likened to a very tasty man who is offered a glass of chilled water….we all know he will demand for more.

It is a big wonder what our dear Federal Government which has been operating under the change mantra spend the whole of 2015 on given the fact that they couldn’t work and plan on the successful implementation of 2016 budget and they had to wait until 2016 to start discussing the budget for the year.

In my own opinion, I opine that our Federal Government lacks a sense of responsibility and has been busy placing the cart before the horse hence they have succeeded in putting the nation through months of peril and torture.

Our Federal Government has been busy carrying out its daily business like a man high on hard substances, they have already failed the nation many times over especially in the areas of electricity generation, fuel availability, adequate security, proper governance and to cap it up, its most recent disastrous achievement: passing of the 2016 budget in the middle of the year signifies it is really charting the waters for the ship called Nigeria like a drunken sailor!

May God help us in this nation. AMEN!

Federal Government Passing Just Passing Budget Like a Drunken Sailor