Senate
President Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday night in Abuja, said lawmakers were tired
of passing annual budgets which are not fully implemented.
Saraki, while
presenting a keynote address at the 2016 Awards/Dinner for Senators and
Journalists covering the Senate, organised by the Senate Press Corps, called
for close collaboration between the parliament and journalists.
“I think we
are all tired of having budget documents that, at the end of the day, when it
comes to implementation, they don’t mean anything. But, when we all come
together and put all our best efforts, we have something that we will be proud
of.
“And, it is
also in this spirit that I am confident that this time around, we will also be
able to pass the 2017 budget at the earliest time possible than we have seen in
the last few years,” he said.
He urged the
media to collaborate with the upper chamber in its efforts aimed at pulling the
nation’s economy out of recession. He urged the media to always ensure truth and objectivity in
their reportage of events so as to adequately inform and educate the people
about the activities of the parliament.
Saraki said he
will continue to plead for “objectivity and truth in your reporting. We must
also continue to educate our good people on the efforts we are making in the
Senate. I believe that over the last few months, a lot of work have been going
on in the Senate, showing that it is more business-like approach and I am
confident that during the remaining period of our tenure, we will definitely
lay a foundation that others after us will build on.
“Some of the
comments you might have heard today and you will hear in the during the budget
process, are not comments that are against government. They are comments that
will ensure that the product that we will deliver is a product that Nigerians
will be proud of.”
Some of the
award categories and the recipients include: Parliamentary Media Award for Leadership
– Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume; Lawmaking Facilitator of the Year Award – Sen
Andy Uba; Senator of the Year Award – Senator Dino Melaye; Gender Rights
Senator of the Year Award – Senator Abiodun Olujimi; Senate Committee Chairman
of the Year Award – Senator Samuel Anyanwu; and Outstanding Grassroots
Parliamentarian Award – Senator Kabiru Gaya.
Others are:
Most Innovative Constituency Project of the Year Award – Senator Enyinnaya
Abaribe; Apostle of Peace in the Senate Award – Senator Barnabas Gemade;
Parliamentary Advocate for Infrastructural Development Award – Senate Olugbenga
Ashafa; Parliamentary Leader of the Decade Award – Senator David Mark; and
Parliamentary Bureaucrat of the Year Award – Mr. Olajide Owolabi Adelami.
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