Senate asks Minister of works, Fashola to resign if the burden is too much.

The Nigerian Senate has asked the minister of power, works and
housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), to resign his appointment if he was
burdened by the volume of work at his ministry.





The chairman Senate committee on appropriations, Senator Danjuma
Goje, made the call on Wednesday, July 5, in reaction to statement
credited to Fashola where he faulted the lawmakers for unilaterally
altering allocations of the ministry of works in the 2017 budget.
Angered by Fashola’s comments the Senate accused the minister of
misleading the public and blackmailing lawmakers over the alterations
made by in the budget.

Senator Danjuma Goje, who was speaking during plenary, raised a point of order where he said Fashola was a minister and no longer a governor and should reflect that in his speech, the Punch reports.

Senator Goje said ;



“Initially, I wanted to come under a motion but, yesterday, the House of
Representatives took up the matter. Since we are on the same page with
the House, I feel I should not come under a motion. But I will like to
seize this opportunity to advise the minister that he should remember
that he is now a minister and should behave like a minister,” .

” If the job is too much for him – the ministry is too big; it
comprises three ministries, which are works, housing and power; if he
cannot adjust, then, he should do the honourable thing. He should so the
needful.

“No amount of blackmail by him; no amount of propaganda by him or his
surrogates will stop this National Assembly from discharging its duties
in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. We have sworn to
uphold and protect this Constitution, and this we will do to the end of
this Assembly.

“For now, I will cease fire and watch to see how the House will
handle him. If he is well handled there, we will leave him with them.
But if we are not satisfied and they pass him to us, then, we will take
him over.”

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