"Fashola Can`t Dictate To The National Assembly" Says Senator Rafiu Ibrahim

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The Minister of Works, Power, Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), cannot dictate to the National Assembly on what to do and what not to do on the budget, saying it is an organ vested with powers to either increase or reduce the budget size, says the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim on Sunday.
The Senator, who spoke with journalists on the sidelines of the fifth edition of the University of Ilorin’s Students’ Union Leadership Summit held in Ilorin, said it was unbecoming of the minister, who he described as an appointee of the president to criticise the legislature.
According to him, “As far as appropriation bill is concerned, Fashola cannot dictate to the National Assembly on what to do and what not to do.”
He said: “It is an organ vested with powers to either increase or reduce the budget size.”
The Minister of Works castigate the slashing the total estimate allocated to his ministry in the budget by the Senate on the budget recently assented to by the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo from N31billion to N10billion.
He said the huge reduction would prevent his office from functioning on some of the projects such as Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge and Mambila Plateau Power project among others that were already earmarked for completion.
Ibrahim explained that the issue of budget is primarily between the lawmakers, who represent their constituents and the Nigerian populace.
He maintained that the minister was oblivious of the fact that he is no longer the Lagos State Governor, who possesses all powers.

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