Senate Accuses Fashola of Misleading The Public

The senate has accused the minister of power, works and housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), of misleading the public and blackmailing it over the alleged manipulations made by the lawmakers in the 2017 appropriation act.

The upper chamber asked Fashola to resign his appointment if he was overwhelmed by the volume of work at his ministry.

At the plenary, chairman of the senate committee on appropriations, senator Danjuma Goje, raised a point of order calling on the minister to act in a way that befits his office

In his remarks, the senate president, Bukola Saraki said the senate would build on the decisions of the House of Representatives who are also looking into the issue.