The House of Representatives may declare the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, wanted if he fails to appear before the House.
Fashola’s invitation came on the backdrop of the allegation that the National Assembly tampered with his Ministry’s 2017 budget proposal.
To the Lawmakers, Fashola has overstepped his bounds, by daring to question the Legislative powers vested on the National Assembly, led by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, as regards to the passage of the 2017 budget.
Recall, that the Honourable Minister had earlier slammed the Lawmakers for ‘tinkering the Ministry’s budget and “inserting frivolous projects.”
However, the House while adopting a motion by Abubakar Sadiq (APC, Adamawa), described the Minister’s assertion as baseless, and “breach of parliamentary privileges and incitement of the citizens against the Legislature.”
The Lawmakers constituted an Ad-hoc Panel, to be led by Aliyu Sani Madaki (APC, Kano) to engage the Minister and report back in two weeks.
“I’m aware of meetings, where the Minister was in attendance, and it was agreed that certain basic things needed by the people will be put in the budget. So for me, it was highly out of place for the Minister to question the powers of the National Assembly, to introduce people-oriented projects in the budget”, Sadiq said in his motion.
Other Lawmakers who spoke, said Fashola must be called to order.
Before ruling on the matter, Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, said some officials in the Executive arm, speak without considering the position of the Constitution.
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