The Minister who
accused Falake of either being “mischievous or ignorant of the Bureau of Public
Procurement (BPP) Act or both", also alleged that he is abusing
“parliamentary privilege" and also ignorant of the fact that ministers
cannot pad budgets because the final products come from the National Assembly.
He also expressed readiness of challenging the lawmaker in court.
The statement read;
”It is instructive here to note that ministers
do not award contracts. They neither sit
in the Ministerial Tenders Board nor Tenders Board of parastatals.
“Even, the Ministry
of Labour’s representatives on the NSITF main board are not part of the tenders
board of that parastatal. So, how, when and where did the minister sit in that
board to choose, much less pad the budget?
“It is therefore
easy to attribute Faleke’s motion on the floor of the House on Tuesday to a
consummate parliamentary mischief or outright ignorance of the BPP Act or both.
“If Faleke is
desperately clutching a straw on behalf of his constituents, he must definitely
grow bigger than his infantile approach.
”Faleke also brought
my wife into everything. My wife is a civil servant. She is a permanent
secretary in Service Welfare Office in the Office of the Head of Service of the
Federation. I didn’t see any circular that they sent from that office so I
don’t know what they mean.
“They should not
drag my family into a matter they are doing politically. It is unfair to my
family. They should insulate my family from that, especially my wife, who is
discharging her functions innocently as a civil servant, carrying out
instructions of Head of Service of the Federation.”
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