Senate President David Mark
The National Assembly has vowed not to accept any excuse from the executive arm for failure to implement annual budgets forthwith.
Senate President David Mark, who made this stand known in Abuja Sunday while playing host to the two newly appointed ministers from his home state, Comrade Abba Moro and Dr. Sam Ortom, advised that everything must be done by the executive to comply with appropriation acts from now on.
He said the standing committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives to be constituted soon would be given a clear-cut mandate to be stringent on oversight functions, assuring that there would be no sacred cows and nothing would be compromised to get things done rightly.
Mark therefore urged the new ministers to brace up to the challenge of total transformation in all sectors of our economy in order to salvage the nation from the brinks. He maintained that Nigeria is no longer a toddler whose first faltering steps must of a necessity be tolerated, saying: "We have come of age and we must hit the ground running".
The Senate President reminded the new ministers that Nigeria is in a hurry to develop and therefore requires men and women of good conscience, competent, capable hands and patriots committed to the ideals of nationhood.
"It is God's appointed time that you are ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at this time of our history”, Mark told the new appointees. “You must therefore prove that you are the right choices. You must perform to make the positive difference. That is the only way you can justify your appointments and make us proud."
He however pledged the National Assembly’s cooperation with other arms of government to the extent that such synergy would impact positively on the lives of the ordinary citizen.
"We would have failed in our responsibilities if our efforts do not affect the ordinary man on the street positively. We must therefore work together to achieve results because we cannot afford to fail", Mark stressed.
In their separate remarks, Moro and Ortom assured that they have already keyed into the transformation agenda of the administration and would strive for excellence.
Specifically, Moro said he is not unmindful of the challenges but he is determined to make a positive difference and bring honour to Benue state and the nation.
Otorm, on his part, pledged that he would use the opportunity of the appointment to foster peace and unity between and amongst the diverse groups in Nigeria, especially in Benue state.
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