The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Sunday berated the executive, alleging that its late submission of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s budget for the 2019 elections showed its lack of foresight.
Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on New Media, Olu Onemola, berated the President Muhammadu Buhari Media Organisation for accusing him of slowing down the approval of the budget.
The group had accused Saraki of postponing the resumption of the Senate in spite of Buhari’s submission of INEC’s budget.
But Onemola in the statement said the National Assembly was committed to the approval of INEC’s budget for the 2019 polls. Read more