Lafia – Sen. Solomon Adokwe (PDP-Nasarawa South) has commended President Muhamadu Buhari for incorporating useful resolution of the National Assembly to end recession in 2017.
Adokwe told newsmen on Monday in Lafia that the resolutions were meant to repackage the country’s economy in order to improve the lives of Nigerians.
He noted that since the President has incorporated some of the resolutions in the budget it is indeed a sign of good things to come in 2017, because they were aimed at hoping the country get out of recession.
“By the grace of God 2017 would be a better than this year given what was capture in the budget that the President recently presented to the National Assembly.
“As a legislature, I would join hand with other Senators to continue to support the policy and programmes of the President if they are geared towards reducing the suffering of the people.
“But where the policy and programmes of the President are such that would inflict more suffering on Nigerians, we would resist it,” Adokwe added.
On the recent grant released to state governors, the legislator said any state that did not use it for the purpose that it was given would not go free.
“Even when Federal Government release palliative to state governments recently, the National Assembly wanted to oversight but we were told that they were loans from the Central Bank.
“But the National Assembly would oversight this one because there is no loan that is collected internationally that does not have national legislation backing it,” he said.
He said the national assembly now have the competence to monitor the funds that were release to states and local government areas in order to make sure the people are not short changed.
He explained that since even monthly allocation to states is being published for Nigerians to see, the federal government through the Minister of Finance should also publish the release to the respective states.
However, he commended the Plateau State Government for paying all outstanding salary arrears of their civil servants and urged other states to emulate them.
He also called on all Nigerians most especially Christians to imbibe the spirit of Christ who is the symbol of peace and love by loving others irrespective of their religious affiliation.
He advised Nigerians to embrace agriculture in order to key into the efforts of the governments at all levels to diversify the economy.
“Given the decline in the price of oil and the recession the country is facing, people need to embrace agriculture because those who farm this year smile to the bank due to high price of farm produce,” Adokwe explained.
