(SINL NIGERIA) Senator Pam Dachungyang (ADP, Plateau North) has observed that the major challenge of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is implementation of budgets.
He bemoaned that many contractors are suffering because of paucity of funds, stressing that there are a lot of bottlenecks in the finance section.
Specifically, the Plateau North Senator cited the ministry of finance and its agencies, particularly, office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
Senator Dachungyang made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
“The major challenge this government is passing through is the implementation of the budgets. It is not what we expect as Nigerians.
“The truth is that many contractors are suffering because the money is not there. I don’t know what is going on, but what I know is that there are a lot of bottlenecks in the finance section, particularly the Ministry of Finance and its agencies, and one of them that is giving the country headache is the accountant general office.
“This one, we have interacted with them, and we realized that there are a lot of work to be done. I know, particularly on the issue of revenues accrued from different agencies, the performance this year is far better.
“What is drawing the government back is the implementation”.
Additionally, the lawmaker while giving his assessment of the Tinubu’s government noted that
“another nightmare that this government is passing through is security challenges. Truly speaking, people are not sleeping well”.
He commended the 10th Senate for approving Security summit to address myriad of challenges plaguing the nation.
His words “The Senate President, in his usual way, just took a decision, we have to invoke a national security summit to address all these things. So I think this National Security Summit is a good thing”.
Reacting to recent killings in Plateau state, the lawmaker revealed that the attackers apart from the sophisticated weapons in their possession spoke foreign language.
“Let me tell you an example, like my own state (Plateau), in my own area, when we interacted with some of the people that were attacked, displaced, they said the people that came had sophisticated weapons that even the government doesn’t have, they spoke a language that is not even known in Nigeria.
“So you know that it is not even a Nigerian problem”.
On the removal of subsidy on PMS he said “the removal of subsidy to me, was a welcome idea. But the question is that, where does the money go? I am asking you”?
According to Senator Dachungyang “funds are stuck in the ministry of Finance. If the Ministry of Finance did not take the bull by the horn and allow things to move, the President would be joking”.
