Timi Frank cautions Akpabio against provoking Kenyan-style revolt in Nigeria

Timi Frank cautions Akpabio against provoking Kenyan-style revolt in Nigeria

 A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank has cautioned the President of the
Senate, Godswill Akpabio, against provoking a Kenyan-style uprising in the
country through his highly condescending and degrading comments.

 

Frank gave this warning in a statement issued Monday while
reacting to Akpabio’s recent comments where he said parliament’s anticipatory
approval to President Bola Tinubu for a new presidential aircraft worth
billions of Naira.

 

He said one of the cardinal roles of the parliament is to
serve as a check and balance on the other arms of government, saying Akpabio
has derailed by deciding on and goading the executive on what expenditure to
make irrespective of the economic plight of taxpayers.

 

Frank said, “His effrontery and audacity in turning
legislative procedures upside down notwithstanding, his verbiage at times
rudely assaults our democracy, denigrates Nigerians as a public official in a
position of trust and a mockery of the hallowed chambers of the National
Assembly.

 

“Akpabio can choose to be President Bola Tinubu’s
cheerleader, praise singer and errand boy but he must not reduce the National
Assembly to an organ extending anticipatory approvals for requests yet to be
made by the executive and justifying the same.

 

“Akpabio must learn to limit his actions to those within the
ambit of his constitutional role by ensuring diligent scrutiny of money bills
before the Senate to prevent profligacy and waste and equally refrain from
talking down on Nigerians and taxpayers who own the office he now occupies.”

 

Frank stressed that the age of an aircraft does not
necessarily determine its safety or airworthiness, adding that Aircraft are
subject to regular maintenance and inspections to ensure they are safe to
operate, regardless of their age.

 

According to him, ”So the question is, what happened to the
about N214 billion allocated in annual budgets for maintenance of the
Presidential Fleet from 1999 till date?

 

Frank wondered why Akpabio couldn’t Akpabio launch an
investigation into how the N214 billion was spent or recommend that some of the
aircraft or helicopters be sold to augment the cost of buying new ones instead
of waiting for a hefty proposal from the executive for express approval.

 

“Above all, he must be mindful of the uprising in Senegal
that led to the election of 44 years youthful opposition, Bassirou Diomaye Faye
and the ongoing one in Kenya where the youths invaded the parliament to stop
lawmakers from considering an anti-people Finance Bill and the attendant
killings of scores by security forces which has sparked a call for President
William Ruto’s resignation despite his hasty withdrawal of the Bill.”

Source: Timi Frank cautions Akpabio against provoking Kenyan-style revolt in Nigeria

 - NigerianEye
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