Banky W and Femi Kuti have slammed the federal government for giving N27bn to the National Assembly for renovation after slashing education and health budget.
In the revised budget, the National Assembly complex renovation budget was reduced to N27.7bn (a reduction of 25.1 per cent) while the Basic Health Care Provision Fund which will take care of the welfare of all primary healthcare centres across the 774 local government areas in the country, was significantly reduced by N44.4bn to N25.5bn (a decrease of more than 42.5 per cent). The Universal Basic Education fund was also reduced from N111.7bn to N51.1bn (a reduction of more than 54.2 per cent).
Reacting to this, Banky W who contested for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2019 described Nigerian leaders as “heartless”. He also averred that while people are starving, the national assembly thinks it is okay to spend N27bn on renovation.
Banky W tweeted;
At a time when most Nigerians are…
Source: Linda Ikeji
