The Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals has summoned the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, after walking out the Minister of State for Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu.
The Committee, led by Senator Aisha Dahiru, said Abubakar was not competent to defend the Ministry’s budget because he is new in the Ministry.
Although the Minister insisted that he had been adequately briefed by the officials of the Ministry on all aspects of the 2019 Budget implementation, the committee walked him out.
The Minister had informed the lawmakers that Fashola was out of the country
But the Committee insisted that Fashola must appear before it because he has been in the Ministry since 2015.
According to the chairman: “The Minister is new in the Ministry.
“He cannot adequately defend the budget of the Ministry.”
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