PRP: 2024 Budget Proposal Cosmetic, Glorifies Mediocrity

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has described the 2024 budget recently submitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu as a cosmetic, stressing that it is aimed at glorifying mediocrity and continuous impoverishment of the people.

The National Chairman of the party, Falalu Bello, in a statement issued yesterday titled: ‘‘The Appropriation Bill: Seeing Beyond Semantics’’, urged Nigerians not to place any hope on the 2024 budget.
He noted that the government was still a relic of the past that was jealously protecting the few oligarchs as it does not have a path to the good future Nigerians seek.

Falalu added that while the statistics and assumption underlying the budget was good on the surface, a thorough look showed clearly that the current administration wasn’t ready for nation building.
He noted: “Indeed, this government is still a relic of the past that is jealously protecting the few oligarchs as it does not have a path to the good future we seek as a nation.

“This, though, is not surprising as it is a continuation of an All Progressives Congress (APC) eight years administration we advised Nigerians not to re-elect.”
Falalu pointed out that a government that claimed to have inherited a bankrupt and empty treasury appeared not to be circumspect of the state, as its actions particularly in making appointments did not appear to show that the administration was indeed serious in its desire to provide “renewed hope”.

 He added: “A critical look and review of the sectoral allocation of funds further reveal the level of thinking of the people in government today, the somewhat deceitful approaches to revenue generation and spending and clear absence of any strategic thinking of how best to get us out of the doldrums.
“The 2024 budget as seen and analysed in this address is one on which Nigerians should not place hope on to promote development and protect their welfare.
“It is just a cosmetic that is aimed at glorifying mediocrity and continuous impoverishment of our people.

“It’s our hope that the town hall meetings by the two chambers of the National Assembly will serve as an avenue to hear from Nigerians and to redress some of the issues raised by us and many other concerned Nigerians so that we may have a decent place to call our country.”