Falana calls for Budget scrutiny across states

Civil rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has expressed concern over matters arising on the discrepancies in the figures of 2016 budget.

Barrister Femi Falana

Falana during a television programme in Cape Town, South Africa where he also said that President Muhammadu Buhari must be encouraged to resist pressure to devalue the Naira.

“He should be supported but at the same time he must invest in the Nigerian people. You must support farmers, you must support the youth, you must create jobs and you must encourage Nigerians to believe in the country and themselves.

“Fighting corruption is good but what I think we should be fighting in impunity because its impunity that leads to corrupt practices. Its because of impunity we make a mockery of the budget law or the Appropriation Act.

“While the National Assembly should be commended for critically examining the budget, we must also get the Nigerian people to mobilize each of the states’ houses of assembly to also adopt a critical approach in passing budgets,” he said.