President Muhammadu Buhari has rated senate president Bukola Saraki, and speaker house of reps Yakubu Dogara, ‘very very low’ in patriotism.
Okay.ng understands that the president disclosed this during a recorded interview broadcast aired on Monday, May 27th, on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA.
Buhari described Saraki and Dogara unpatriotic for holding Nigeria to ransom for seven months without passing the budget.
He said: “I think a culture was developed in the National Assembly that they should dictate the terms, which was wrong.
“It is the Executive that dictates the terms and takes it before the Legislature.
“It (the legislature) will examine it and agree or disagree with it.
“But when they go around posing that they are the government and not the Executive, then that’s the problem.
“I felt and I spoke personally to the Senate President, Saraki, and the leader of the House, Dogara.
“They could not deny it.
“I asked them how they felt to hold the country at ransom for seven months without passing a budget.
“Unfortunately, they were not hurting me.
“They were hurting the country.
“So, really, in terms of patriotism, I think I rated them very low indeed.
