The Minister of Labour and Employment,Dr Chris Ngige has threatened to sue the chairman of the House of Reps Committee on Finance,James Faleke, over claims of inserting N2bn Projects in the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Find (NSITF) 2020 budget.
In a statement, Ngige said that Ministers do not award contracts,they neither sit in the Ministerial Tenders Board nor Tender Boards of Parastatals.
‘ Even, the Ministry Labour’s representatives on the NSITF main board are not part of the tenders board of their 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 consumate 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 on the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation.lI 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’.
