THE STOLEN MACE UTTERED A SPEECH THAT MADE NIGERIAN SENATORS CRINGED WITH FEAR!

ZION B-BC   NEWSLETTER.  

(Looking at Nigeria's Political System from a Godly Perspective).

A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. [VOL. 7. NO 250. 27th May, 2018.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You   Free! (John.8:32).

THE STOLEN MACE UTTERED A SPEECH THAT MADE NIGERIAN SENATORS CRINGED WITH FEAR!
[IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE APC RULING GOVERNMENT: 29TH MAY, 2015 - 29TH MAY, 2018.]

The Red Chambers' dumb Golden Mace had to undertake a forceful round-trip journey of about FIVE KILOMETRES from its sacred home at the National Assembly (NASS), Three Arms Zone, Garki to the City Gate, Airport Road and back to teach the legislators how to work with fear and with trembling as servants of the people!

Some hoodlums with hidden arms, on their bodies broke into the Senate Chambers at plenary on 19th April, 2018 seized the Mace, the symbol of authority, just like in a movie drama, dashed out of National Assembly (NASS), Complex (which boasts of 250 security details), into waiting vehicles, and pronto, vanished into thin air!

Although security agents were lucky to recover the Mace where it was abandoned at the CITY GATE within 24 hours, one great lesson that the over-bearing legislators have learnt from the dumb piece of furniture was that  NONE OF THEM WAS SAFE FROM THE CALAMITIES that have befallen the nation except they were united with the EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY to win the battle headlong!

LEGISLATORS POSITION BEFORE THE MACE WAS STOLEN!
From the onset of the successful "coup de tat", of 9th June 2015, the Senate legislators behaved as overlords, barons, knights and blue blood royalties over the entire citizens; but have now realised that they are not better SECURED than the talakawas who they always despised as common street urchins!
They always felt superior to the other TWO ARMS of government - EXECUTIVE and JUDICIACY and had rode rough-shod over them by brandishing their CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS like a "magic wand"; but have now realised that the DOCTRINE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS, was binding on them!
In spite of the fact that the All Progressives Congress (APC), has majority members in both Chambers, their members connived to counter all moves to better the lots of the down-trodden; until they realised the remarkable achievements of three years of various SPECIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES of a determined administration inspite of their "bad belle"! Within the short period of three years, - and in spite of an inherited debt of N12.1 trillion/deficit economy and an almost empty Treasury - the Federal Government had spent an unprecedented allocation of N12.7 TRILLION on infrastructure (roads, energy efficiency, especially in power and petroleum industry; manufacturing, transportation, macroeconomic environment, SMEs, etc), as dividends of democracy, under the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), for the benefit of the poor masses!
These fake APC legislators and their cohorts were critical of the ruling government on virtually all administrative issues as if they were the OPPOSITION; but have now realised, as elections come closer that they had to close ranks in order to survive the HOLOCAUST that was about to SWEEP OUT all oppositions of the DIVINE GOVERNMENT of President Buhari!
According to them INSECURITY was not being tackled adequately by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, with all his WAR experiences and he was so blamed at every opportunity; until the GOLDEN MACE was stolen right under their WATCH at plenary and in broad daylight!
They believed that the war against CORRUPTION was one-sided, because most of them were neck-deep in the despicable act; until they realised that the present administration was no respecter of any citizen - elite or commoner!
When the killer herdsmen/militia groups invaded virtually all the 36 States, especially the Middle Belt Region of the nation from 1st January, 2018, and continued consistently and unabated, the legislators were quick to blame ineptitude of the Executive and all law enforcement agencies for the crisis. They even called on the President to sack all security chiefs and replace them with fresh men with new ideas, while they nested in their COSY ABUJA HOMES - without visiting their CONSTITUENCIES for on the spot assessments, condolences or even empathic supports and  proffer solutions!

INSENSIBILITY AND SELFISHNESS OF NASS LEGISLATORS: 29TH MAY, 2015 - 29TH MAY, 2018!
During the past three trying years, APC legislators, especially, "distinguished" Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, have held the ruling APC Government by the jugular through all manners of political grandstanding because Mr. President said at inauguration, "I am for nobody and I am for everybody"! Ranging from delays in ministerial approvals and in many cases, total refusal to assent appointments of heads of parastatals/agencies and ambassadorial nominees, who would run the engine of the administration at home and abroad, to delays in attending to annual budgets due to selfish motivations: doctoring, paddings, insertions, re-writing and re-inventions of the sacred document, which oversights, they have always claimed was their constitutional birthright!

For instance, the 2016 Appropriation Document, the very first one prepared by the new government, was deliberately kept in the cooler for almost SIX MONTHS, during which the legislators satisfied their ego, before they forwarded it to the President for assent! That deliberate delay generated a lot of furore between the two Arms, but the document had to be assented with the proviso that all grey/unacceptable paddings MUST be ironed out in the cause of the execution of the WORKING DOCUMENT, to avoid further sufferings of the downtrodden, who were always at the receiving end of government lapses! The trend continued into 2017, when the national budget was passed for assent in JUNE and that of the inflated deficit 2018 edition, [N8.6 to 9.1 trillion], was just passed for presidential assent on Friday, 26th May, 2018, in spite of the fact that the President, on 7th November, 2017, requested that the constitutionally-recommended annual budget year of January to December, should be re-introduced when the document was presented to the joint chambers of the National Assembly!

NGOZI IWEALLA UNMASKS LEGISLATIVE BUDGET ROBBERS!
In her recently-published book titled, "Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind  the Headlines", former Minister of Finance until 29th May, 2015, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iwealla, claimed that legislators of the National Assembly, collected a whooping sum of N17 billion from the Executive as election expenses before passing the 2015 Budget for presidential assent! She disclosed that the leadership of NASS, working through various committees, manipulated the 2015 Budget for their own gains, adding that the initial addition was N20 billion, as 2015 ELECTION EXPENSES before it was eventually beat down to N17 billion through blackmail and arm twisting, before it was finally passed! "Senators and Representatives felt that their role as appropriators of the budget was not just to vet and approve budget parameters and oversee budget implementation, but also to shape the size and content of the budgets, including details of specific projects, adding that in spite of NASS operational budget which had ballooned to N150 billion or 16% of total budget, they would brook no discussions or challenges on the issue; they were  concerned largely about three things - the size of its own budget; the nature and the size of the capital budget, particularly investment projects; and the number of geographical location of the projects," she added!

OUR COMMENT! Ngozi's lamentation is much belated! As a distinguished academician of global repute and exposure, former Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank, we condemned her acceptance of the Finance portfolio from ex-President Jonathan, having been earlier disgraced out of the same office during Obasanjo's Administration and advised her resign so as not to soil her image and "ERMINE FUR COAT"; but, like the stupid fly, she followed the PDP CORPSE into the grave! Since the demise of the failed government, Iwealla had been accused of various forms of acts of corruption which have diminished her status at home and the Diaspora - she needs more than her new book to keep her "ERMINE FUR COAT PURE AND SPOTLESS!" [Please read our Vol. 2. No. 68. of 30-11-14 Edition.]

COULD THE LEGISLATORS LEOPARD CHANGE ITS SPOTS? MAYBE!
Nigerians cannot quickly forget the National Assembly coupist who despised the blessings of the President and PARTY ELDERS to launch themselves into "IGNOMINY" on 9th June, 2015, in both Green and Red Chambers! The names of Saraki, Dogara, Dino Melaye, Ali Ndume, and Ike Ekeremadu; leading the pack of N-PDP opposition opportunists, will remain indelible in the annals of the Nigerian history! They were vehemently opposed to the ONE BILLION DOLLAR SECURITY FUND, approved by the National Economic Council (NEC), to purchase military hardware and equipments to completely rout the Boko Haram terrorism in the North East and even threatened to "IMPEACH" the President for having paid part of the money to the United States Government without their authorization!

But now, they have become friendlier with the Executive as legislative delegations have been visiting the State House, regularly and frequently! The latest had to do with Senator Saraki's 10-man delegation which protested against a plan to implicate the principal officer in a criminal offence; though the Senate had earlier condemned the Inspector General of Police as unfit for any public office because he failed on TWO occasions to answer to their "SUMMONS"!

Also, after a closed-door meeting with all Service Chiefs during the week, in which the nation's security situation was re-appraised by both parties, the Senate advised government to raise a Supplementary Budget which will be promptly approved to meet the urgent needs of the Armed Forces and the Police, in order to end all security challenges across the country! Unity among the three arms of government is most recommended at this critical period of the consolidation of economic gains of THREE YEARS, successes recorded in the war against corruption and the certainty that all forms of insurgency would surely cease because, the HAND OF THE LORD IS UPON THIS NATION CALLED UNITED STATES OF NIGERIA! As it was written, "Two are better than one;................. and a threefold cord is not quickly broken’’ (Eccl 3:9-12).

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