Minister of Power, Works and
Housing, Babatunde Fashola has explained why his three-fold portfolio did not
carry out any capital project in 2017.
He attributed the situation to
the late passage of the 2017 budget.
Fashola made this known on
Wednesday when he appeared before a senate committee to defend the ministry’s
2018 budget.
“The 2017 budget was passed in
June. The procurement law requires a procurement plan which took till
September,” he said.
“In following this law, the first
release was in August. Most of the projects were going through procurement
formalities such as tax identity, contract terms, even construction companies
went on holidays. So, there were so many things,” he added.
Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the
committee, then asked for the number of projects that were not procured in 2017
since there was a rollover of projects from 2016.
The minister could not respond to
the question, adding that even the director of planning in the ministry could
not give a definite answer.
He said: “It is a tough task. We
may be allowed to submit those details. The ending solution, which has not been
found favourable, is that once you appropriate for a project in a particular
budget, it should not be lined up in another year.”
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