Press Statement from Saraki’s office. Read
below…
Again, the attention of the Senate President, Dr.
Bukola Saraki has been drawn to a malicious,
false and totally reprehensible news report,
wherein it insinuated that the election of Dr.
Bukola Saraki as the Senate President of the
8th Senate was facilitated by Nigerians
associated with dubious claims in the
infamous oil subsidy.
The news report went further to give a
negative and dirty impression that the
emergence of the President of the 8th Senate is
aimed to sabotage the anti corruption posture
of President Buhari led Federal Govt as well as
sabotage the ‘Change agenda’ of the APC
One of such desperate attempts to justify this
blackmail and others was the story published
in newspapers of Monday June 29 2015 as
contained in a statement issued by the former
Interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi
Akande.
Ordinarily, we would have ignored the report,
but for the sole reason that some undiscerning
readers might mistake the fiction for the facts.
We also wish to state unequivocally that it was
wrong and mischievous for the statement by
Chief Akande to link what happened on the
floor of both chambers to some unnamed oil
barons.
We dare say that the entire story was the
figment of the imagination of the author.
We make bold to state that in the 7th
Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki was
Chairman of the Senate Adhoc Committee
which exposed the fraud and mismanagement
in the oil sector.
Until Saraki’s motion on the floor of the
senate, no one was in the picture of the rot in
the sector or took any action. Therefore,
surely, Senator Saraki will be the last person
the oil baron will want to see as Senate
President.
No doubt, we make bold to state that Saraki is
the last person to be so sponsored by the oil
barons or cabals.
In that position, Saraki did not only lead his
colleagues in exposing the rot in the scheme
but made very strong recommendations on
how the system could be reformed and made
corrupt- free.
It is on records that through his motion on the
floor of the Senate, the House of
Representatives followed in what is to be
known as Oil subsidy probe and to which
Ministers of Finance and Petroleum
summoned and at last over,N500 billion was
saved. Certainly, Senator Saraki is the last
person to be so sponsored by the oil barons or
cabals.
Further to this, during the Senate hearing on
the missing $20 Billion, for those who
attended the public hearing, Senator Saraki
led the onslaught of difficult questions to both
the Minister of Finance, Minister of Petroleum
and other federal agencies despite being in
the ruling party then. To this effect, Senator
Saraki refused to sign the final copy of the
committee’s report but rather put forward a
minority report with a press statement that
follow suit.
Saraki went further to oppose the inclusion of
kerosene subsidy in the 2015 budget as well as
his opposition to Petroleum Swop deal by
NNPC.
Let it be known therefore that the Senate
Presidency of Dr. Bukola Saraki would not in
any way be a stumbling block against
President Buhari’s posture against anti
corruption.
Rather, the 8th Senate under him as the
President would give all necessary legislative
support to the administration to fight and
reduce corruption as his previous actions and
bold step taken against the so called oil barons
indicates that Saraki is committed to anti
corruption.
For avoidance of doubt, we want to make it
abundantly clear that it is totally false, untrue
and calculated mischief to suggest that Senator
Saraki’s emergence as Senate President was
facilitated by oil barons. This is a case of
calling the dog a bad name so as to hang it.
Another blatant lies that can not fly. In any
case, Senator Saraki was elected unoppose as
the Senate President, therefore the lies that he
was sponsored by the oil barons cannot hold.
Senator Bukola Saraki is determined and
focused to achieve the Senate targeted
legislative agenda and he is committed to
support President Buhari to deliver on his
promises to the people of Nigeria
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