Niger Delta
Seadogs Task Executive, Legislature On 2016 Budget
The National Asso
ciation of Seadogs (Pirate Confraternity), has charged both the Executive and Legislative arms of Government to do everything within their reach to ensure the passage of the 2016 budget
Seadogs also said that it is only by so doing that the generality of the populace can be saved from hunger and starvation”.
According to a statement signed by its National President, Prince Ifeanyi Onochie, made available to our Correspondent in Calabar, the Association expressed disappointment over the arguments on the 2016 budget.
The statement stated that while the national economy was on the brink of total collapse, the two arms of government responsible for articulating and fashioning the fiscal policies and charting the direction that would guide the economy out of the doldrums were busy fiddling.
“One must be afflicted by a total numbing of all the sensory organs not to appreciate the frightfully bleak future staring Nigerians in the face.
Starvation is a daily reality as basic foods have vanished from many households, as the Naira continues to bow meekly against international currencies and price of goods and services soar beyond the reach of the common man,” the statement added.
The organisation described the response of government to the current situation in the country is smacking of insensitivity to the plight of overwhelmed Nigerians who had had to endure the hibernation of the economy since preparations for the general elections commenced in June 2015.
“The socio-economic and security situation we find ourselves in as a nation today calls for sober reflection and strategic thinking and it’s no time to play politics,” insisting that Nigerians deserve and demand good governance.
Seadogs warned that the longer the 2016 federal budget stayed without being passed into law and its implementation commenced, the more the economic miseries would deepened.
It therefore urged the executive and legislative arms of government to quickly close ranks, discuss and resolve all issues and discrepancies in the budget.
Friday Nwagbara, Calabar
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