Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disputed suggestion that he and the Senate are fighting over his ministry’s budget.
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The minister and the Senate had traded words over the budget for the construction of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. In an interview with the media Fashola was furious with the Senate for slashing the amount budgeted for the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The interview did not go down well with members of the upper chamber as they poured vitriolic invectives on the minister
Clearing the air on the imbroglio, Fashola on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking with State House correspondents after attending the Quarterly Presidential Business Forum held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja said he has no problem with members of the National Assembly as individuals, saying both parties were misunderstood.
The minister said, “Again, I say the words that we use portends potentially redirects our attention from what the real issue is. I don’t think a feud is the right word to use.
“A disagreement yes, a very healthy disagreement. Don’t forget we are not disagreeing on who should head what, who should take what share of the National cake, but we are disagreeing on how to develop Nigeria. And for me that is a very healthy development of our democracy.”
