Buhari Was Booed Because His Administration Lacks Vision – Chukwuka Onyema

Lawmakers have explained the reason President Muhammadu Buhari was openly booed during the presentation of the 2019 appropriation bill.

The president proposed an N8.83 trillion 2019 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday, December 19, 2018.

Many lawmakers were heard loudly booing the president while he delivered his opening speech about the achievements of his administration.

There were yells of disapproval when the president said the nation’s economy and security have improved under his administration.

“May I appeal to the honourable members that the world is watching us and we’re supposed to be above this,” President Buhari cautioned before he continued to more jeers.

Some pro-Buhari lawmakers in the All Progressives Congress (APC) did all they could to overshadow the jeers by cheeering the president during the presentation.

While the action of the lawmakers has rocked the nation, one of the protesting members, Kingsley Chinda (Rivers – PDP), said it was instigated by the current administration’s ‘insincerity’ on budgets.

“The presidency has not been fair to Nigerians when it comes to budget and most often they use that to blame the legislature. One example is, when it comes to capital releases, you will find out that they have performed very poorly,” he said.

The Deputy Minority Leader, Chukwuka Onyema (Anambra – PDP), also talked to the media to reveal that the president was booed because his administration has lacked direction in the management of Nigeria’s economy.

While reading from a prepared speech, he said the current administration has only told ‘lies, blames and propaganda’ while the nation experiences lack of quality leadership.

He said, “For a government that came into power promising utopia, consistently dismal implementation of the national budget betrays its half-hearted insensitivity to the plight of the Nigerian people who long for genuine progress and development that will positively impact their lives.

“Yet since 2015, it has been an unfortunate harvest of lies, blames and propaganda while its over hyped campaign promises of security, economic growth and war against corruption have remained a mirage.”