The senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has criticised Federal Government’s moves to sell national assets in order to revive the ailing economy.
The Senator had earlier declared that all those calling for the sale of national assets because of the economic recession are ‘economic predators’ carrying out ‘heists and roguery’.
According to him, the calls are attempts by these people to profit from the nation’s assets through the backdoor by buying it during a recession. Sani, on Monday, wrote on his Facebook page: “If we have to sell our national assets to fund the 2016 budget; then we have to sell our coat of arms, national flags and anthem to fund the 2017 budget; as for the 2018 budget, the nation move from recession to receivership, then we auction the whole territorial land mass of our country to the Bourgeoisie class to raise cash; then we all live on tenancy. This is what our ‘lumpen capitalists’ want”.
It would be recalled that the federal government proposed the sale of national assets to fund the 2016 budget a move that has been opposed by many. The federal government said execution of the key infrastructural projects mapped out to support the economic diversification agenda has become impossible due to the unexpected shortfall in government revenue.
The minister for Budget and Planning Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma however said the Federal Government would not sell critical national assets to shore up its foreign reserves as well as have funds to retool the economy against the current downward plunge.
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