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Fashola Fails To Defend Ministry's Budget- Senate

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Oct 28, 2019.

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– Senate Committee On SDGs said that it will reject representative of Minister for works and housing, Babatunde Fashola
– Senator Aishatu insisted that most of the replies to correspondence, the Committee exchanged with the Ministry were personally signed by Fashola
– The Minister of State for Works and Housing, Engr. Aliyu, extended the apologies of Fashola to the committee who he said had travelled for an urgent national assignment

The Chairman Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani has said that it will reject any submissions from the Minister of State for Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu, following failure of the Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola, to appear before it to defend his budget.
Senator Aishatu insisted that most of the replies to correspondence, the Committee exchanged with the Ministry were personally signed by Fashola.
she added: “The issues for which the Committee is seeking clarification took place when Fashola was Minister of Power, Works and Housing, hence, he is the only one competent to shed light on them.”
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She frowned at a situation where the minister decided to travel after agreeing on the session with the committee only to send the Minister of State to represent him.
The committee unanimously resolved to turn down the Minister of State and adjourned to await Fashola by 2pm on Monday.
Earlier, the Minister of State for Works and Housing, Engr. Aliyu, extended the apologies of Fashola to the committee who he said had travelled for an urgent national assignment.
He, however, said that he was sent by Fashola to stand in for him, saying he was ready to address the concerns of the Committee.