2 017 budget: Senate slams Fashola Author: Nomso Obiajuru - The Senate has justified its decision to cut the budget of some major projects of the federal government in the 2017 Appropriation Act - The senators say projects like the Second Niger Bridge and Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were dropped from the budget because a counterpart funding arrangement for their construction had previously been entered with the private sector - The legislators attack Buhari's minister of works, housing and power, Babatunde Fashola The Senate has warned Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, to stop spreading wrong information and half-truth about the 2017 budget as the legislators worked to ensure equity across the country on all new and outstanding projects. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, on Friday, June 23, According to the Senate, Fashola did not give members of the public full details about the L...