PDP Reps Insist On Thorough Scrutiny Of 2020 Budget To Eliminate Budgetary Corruption

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP caucus of the House of Representative has vowed to kick against any secret session on the review of the 2020 Appropriation Bill.
The PDP representative noted that they would ensure they thoroughly scrutinized the budget to reflect the wishes of Nigerians adding that, it was important for them to protect the interest of Nigerians who believed in them.
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu (Delta-PDP) disclosed this in press statement he issued on Saturday.
Elumelu stress the need to eliminate budgetary waste and corruption through thorough scrutiny of the 2020 budget.
He said the house has “resolved to pass the budget before the end of the year, the details, particularly the capital expenditure items and implementation modules must meet the yearning of Nigerians before the budget is passed into law”.
“Nigerians are depending on us to protect their interest in critical issues that directly affects their lives, particularly on budget planning and implementation in key sectors.”
Elumelu assured Nigerians “the details of the N2.46 trillion capital budget, must be dissected and adjusted accordingly, to ensure that critical needs of Nigerians are adequately accommodated, as well as to plug waste and eliminate budgetary corruption at every stage”.
“Given the sorry state of our infrastructure, the opposition must ensure that the votes earmarked by Mr President for the rehabilitation of roads, power infrastructure, health services, agriculture, water resources, education, among other critical sectors are thoroughly scrutinized to guarantee full implementation as well as reflect the federal character principle across board,” he added.
Kicking against secret session he said the budget defence must be “open and more so, transparent, so that Nigerians are fully carried along in all the processes leading to budgetary decisions in all critical sectors”, noting that “the minority leader has, therefore, directed all opposition members in various committees, to ensure strict compliance with the democratic principles of transparency, accountability and prudence in the budget planning as well as in the implementation oversight of both the capital and recurrent components”.