President Muhammadu Buhari, in a move to calm aggrieved lawmakers who were booing him during the presentation of 2019 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday said ”the world is watching.”
Channels TV reported that the lawmakers, during the budget presentation repeatedly interrupted President Buhari’s speech with chants and boos. As the President mentioned achievements of his administration, the aggrieved lawmakers responded with chants of 'Liess! Nooo! Barawo! Grasscutter!'
In response to continued boos, President Buhari said, “May I remind members of the National Assembly that the world is watching us. We are supposed to be above this.”
The President’s response and composure was met with applause by other lawmakers.
Read excerpts from presentation below…
President Buhari: We have weathered the storms and made progress on every front.
Aggrieved Lawmakers: “Nooooo!
President Buhari: The Economy has recovered from recession.
Aggrieved Lawmakers: Noooo! Liess!
President Buhari: We have done more work with less resources in agriculture, infrastructure and social investment.
Aggrieved Lawmakers: Liesss!
Incidentally, the President entered the chamber amidst shouts of 'sai baba, sai baba' only for him to be booed during his presentation. While some have described the incident as pettiness on the part of the lawmakers, Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party tweeted that the legislators' action was 'a vote of no confidence'.
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