Babatunde Fashola disowns N2bn voted for regional housing scheme in the Ministry of Housing's 2017 budget

It what appears to be another case of budget padding, the Minister of Road, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has denied knowledge of N2 billion voted for regional housing scheme in the 2017 budget. At the Ministries budget defence hearing in the senate yesterday, Fashola said he was not aware of the N2 billion found in the budget as it did not emanate from his office. Fashola stated