President Buhari
While speaking at the joint session of the National Assembly during
the 2019 Budget presentation on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari,
cautioned lawmakers to comport themselves as they are on television and
being watched across the world.
The president reacted after he was being heckled by some lawmakers
believed to be members of the opposition. While some lawmakers stood up
to give the President a clap, some others heckled him shouting, ‘Lies,
propaganda’.
A lawmaker was heard calling Buhari, ‘grass cutter’ in reference to
the scandal which the last Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Babachir Lawal, was enmeshed.
When the President was stating the achievements of his
administration in the area of fighting corruption, some lawmakers
shouted him down, saying, “propaganda, which corruption are you
fighting?”, “Grass cutter.”
The budget presentation which was being shown live on national
television show some lawmakers shout “Propaganda!”, “Fraud!”, while some
others shouted “Its a lie!”, as the president read a speech before
them.
The President who at some point got visibly angry, told the lawmakers: “Distinguished members, let us conduct ourselves properly. The world is watching us; we are supposed to be above this.”
The budget presentation was ongoing as at the time of filing this report.