Constituency Projects Cause of Needless Budget Changes by NASS – Buhari

President Muhammad Buhari has expressed satisfaction with his relationship with the country’s legislature despite the strong reservations he expressed about the changes made to the document by the lawmakers.

He said that he is enormously lucky to have his party members as the majority in the parliament, adding that, that alone is enough reason to make him feel comfortable whenever he sends something to them for consideration.

President Buhari said that most changes made were constituency concerns and were made by the legislature to remain relevant in their respective constituencies.

“I think it is understandable that committee leaders insist that their constituencies must see them being effective by taking a projects to them at whoever’s expense. But we look at things globally. Nigeria for example, we are trying to get the infrastructure; road, rail, and power. Now, if we vote a lot of resources towards them, it will be at the expense of some village roads where people will go to their markets and so on. But what bothers them is their immediate requests, not the national level,” the president said.

He advised the legislature to be less constituency-conscious and be national in budget consideration, adding that no part of the country will be denied the necessary infrastructural projects.