Senate President Godswill Akpabio has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s infrastructure drive, which he says has changed the nation’s capital and various urban areas in the nation.
Akpabio said this during the president’s 2025 budget presentation to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS).
The legislator listed the Coastal Road which runs from Lagos State to Calabar in Cross Rivers as part of the administration’s projects which he said has expanded network in Nigeria.
“Notably, your infrastructure renaissance has paved the way for many roads, including the Coastal Road and crucial arteries in Abuja Capital City, imagine Abuja now looking almost like London, and other parts of our country,” the Senate president said.
“These developments are not merely about concrete and asphalt; they represent the lifeblood of our economy, connecting our people and fostering growth.”
Akpabio likewise raised worries about ministers and other government appointees evading the invitation of the NASS when called.
He remarked such a behaviour is inappropriate.
“Those who disregard invitation by the National Assembly are not democratic and therefore have no place in your government,” Akpabio told Tinubu before a full house of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Akpabio re-stated the necessity for the ministers and other government appointees to speedily honour invitations of the NASS to give an account of their stewardship.
He threatened to use the legislators’ “Constitutional powers to take further actions” against ministers, and others, who neglect to honour NASS invitations.
Tinubu presented a N49.7 trillion Budget Proposal presented before a joint session of the NASS.
Security and defence, infrastructure, health, and education were a few of the sectors with high allocations in the budget proposal.
The President listed some of the highlights of the budget as defence and security – N4.91 trillion, infrastructure – N4.06 trillion, health – N2.4 trillion, and education – N3.5 trillion, among others.
