Saraki to Buhari:There is hunger in the land

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called on President Buhari to make solving the economic problem of Nigeria his priority.

Saraki said this when the President presented the 2017 budget before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 14, 2016.

The Senate President also told Buhari that there is hunger in the land, adding that Nigerians are suffering.

According to Vanguard, Saraki also said “Mr. President, the feedback we get from our visits to our constituencies is that there is hardship in the land. We can see it. We can feel it. This recession therefore commands all of us as government to greater essence of urgency“We cannot work magic, we must continue to work the talk clock. Our people must see that the singular preoccupation of government is to search for solution for the current economic hardship and the commitment to ease their burden. They don’t want to know what political party you belong or the language you speak or the God you worship.

“They have trusted their fate in our hands and they need us now more than ever before to justify that trust they have imposed on us. The people of Nigeria will pardon us if we do something wrong but they will not forgive us if we do nothing.

“And that is why Mr. President with the two chambers have taken their position, whatever may be our differences, our opinion on the issues of the economy, we will work with one common purpose for this reason.