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Kaduna State Governor on Friday told journalists that he has no personal problem with Bukola Saraki, Senate President and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
El-Rufai issued the denial when asked about his recent call for full disclosure of the National Assembly budget. According to THE CABLE, El-Rufai told State House Correspondents, “I have no problem with the speaker, he is my kid brother. He respects me and I respect him,” he said.
“It is in the national assembly’s interest to actually publish its budget because there are rumours of bogus amounts of money that they are getting which I do not believe is true. I think that the best way to kill that rumour is to publish the details of their budget but some people took exception to that call for transparency and I have no apologies because as citizens we have the right to demand for transparency for how resources are being spent.
“This N100 billion or so budget of the national assembly is money belonging to the people of Nigeria and every Nigerian has the right to ask and I am exercising that right as a citizen not even as a governor.”
“I have no problem with the senate president, we worked together in the past, and I am confident that we will work together in the future in the interest of Nigeria but demand for accountability is not a problem and should not be construed to be undermining or any such thing,” he said.
El-Rufai issued the denial when asked about his recent call for full disclosure of the National Assembly budget. According to THE CABLE, El-Rufai told State House Correspondents, “I have no problem with the speaker, he is my kid brother. He respects me and I respect him,” he said.
“It is in the national assembly’s interest to actually publish its budget because there are rumours of bogus amounts of money that they are getting which I do not believe is true. I think that the best way to kill that rumour is to publish the details of their budget but some people took exception to that call for transparency and I have no apologies because as citizens we have the right to demand for transparency for how resources are being spent.
“This N100 billion or so budget of the national assembly is money belonging to the people of Nigeria and every Nigerian has the right to ask and I am exercising that right as a citizen not even as a governor.”
“I have no problem with the senate president, we worked together in the past, and I am confident that we will work together in the future in the interest of Nigeria but demand for accountability is not a problem and should not be construed to be undermining or any such thing,” he said.