The house of representatives has
dared Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel development, to proceed with
the concession of the Ajaokuta steel plant.
On Thursday, Fayemi said the
federal government had no plan to spend another dime on the steel plant and
that it would go ahead with the concession plan despite opposition from the
house of representatives.
Fayemi also accused the lawmakers
of “unjustly attacking officials of the ministry”, saying the national assembly
approved the concession in 2017.
In an interview with TheCable,
Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of the house, said the lower legislative chamber
will not have anything to do with Fayemi again.
He said that the vote of
no confidence on the minister and Abubakar Bwari, the junior minister, stands.
“He (Fayemi) can go ahead with
whatever he thinks he can do without the parliament,” he said.
“If he wishes, whatever he thinks
he can do without the parliament, he can go ahead and do what he wants.”
When asked to confirm the
minister’s claim that the concession had been approved by the national
assembly, the spokesman replied: “Leave that one out. What we should be talking
is, if Fayemi believes he can do his job without the parliament, let him go
ahead and continue his job.”
He said the minister “ignored”
the opportunity he had to tell Nigerians all they need to know about the steel
plant at the sectoral debate.
“We are not here to indict
anyone. We invited him and all the necessary parties to confirm the information
at our disposal, to see where we can move from,” he said, adding: “But since he
failed to come, as far as we are concerned, we are taking the statement from
the experts that it is 98 percent completed.”
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