Says ‘figures do not lie’
The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate, has taken a swipe at the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, on his position on dilapidated Federal Government roads, saying that the Minister should not set the National Assembly on a collision course with the people who elected them.
According to the Senate, it took an exception to the statement credited to the Minister of Works that the National Assembly should be held responsible for the dilapidated state of Federal roads in Benue State.
Fashola was quoted to have made the allegation in his office in Abuja during a courtesy call by retired Generals and other leaders of thought from Benue-South Senatorial District last Monday, who came to complain about the deplorable state of roads in the senatorial district.
In a statement yesterday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, (APC, Osun-Central), said that the National Assembly cannot and should not be held responsible for the dilapidated state of roads whether in Benue State or any part of the country.
The Upper Chamber has however lampooned Fashola, describing such a statement as a fallacy of the highest order, saying that execution of the much talked-about constituency projects lie within the Executive Arm of government through its various ministries, agencies and parastatals.
According to the Senate Spokesperson, Nigerians and specifically the Minister’s guests from Benue-South Senatorial District should note that figures do not lie.
