All Nigerian leaders are guilty of mistakes - Saraki

– Senate President, Olubukola Saraki says all past leaders are guilty of mistakes.

– Saraki says putting the blames on some individuals is a wrong approach.

– Saraki assures that details of the N115bn National Assembly budget will be  made public.

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Senate President, Bukola Saraki

The Senate President, Olubukola Saraki, on Tuesday, February 2, said that all public office holders in the country since 1999 were guilty of the mistakes of the past that led the country to its present political and economic mess, The Punch reports.

He said this in response to a question on the secrecy of the National Assembly budget and corruption allegations leveled against it by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a recent letter.

Saraki insisted that it was wrong for anybody to hold an individual or group of people solely responsible for the mess of the past.

He said: “We have all been here since 1999 up to the recent past when things were not done right, we are all part of it. I was there, you were there, every other political office holder in different capacities was there as well.”

The Senate President stressed that blaming the woes afflicting the country now on some individuals or an institution still remains a wrong approach, adding that what is required of all stakeholders is collective participation for the good of all Nigerians.

However, he promised that details of the N115bn National Assembly budget on a section-by-section basis would be made public this year as against the practice of one item of the past.

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo had accused the leadership of the national assembly of not being sensitive to economic plights of Nigeria by planning to buy cars for themselves.

Obasanjo said pool cars would have been sufficient to do the committee work, given all the allowances the lawmakers have already collected since their inauguration in June 2015.

Source: Naij