{"id":119205,"date":"2025-05-27T05:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119205"},"modified":"2025-05-27T05:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:31:14","slug":"reps-cttee-summons-fct-minister-of-state-14-agencies-over-2025-budget-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/reps-cttee-summons-fct-minister-of-state-14-agencies-over-2025-budget-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps C&#8217;ttee Summons FCT Minister of State, 14 Agencies Over 2025 Budget Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1833211365087556803\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1833211365087556803-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Area Councils, and Auxiliary Matters on Monday issued a summons to the Minister of State for FCT, Dr. Mariya Bunkure, directing her to appear before the panel on Tuesday alongside 14 agencies under her supervision.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The committee\u2019s decision followed the failure of both the Minister and the agencies to attend the scheduled 2025 budget defence session, despite the budget proposal having been submitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for swift consideration and passage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Out of the 14 agencies invited, only three appeared before the committee on Monday. The Minister of State and the remaining 11 agencies failed to show up and did not send any formal explanation for their absence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chairman of the committee, Hon. Fredrick Agbedii, while announcing the resolution, condemned the nonappearance and warned that the National Assembly may be forced to exercise its full legislative powers against the Minister and the absentees if they fail to appear by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Agbedii noted that the president had urged the lawmakers to give prompt attention to the 2025 budget, a call the parliament was working to honour in the interest of Nigerians. He expressed concern that appointees of the president were undermining the process through their disregard for legislative engagements.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added, \u201cThe Minister of State and the agencies under her purview were properly invited for this vital budget defence. Our committee interacts directly with the grassroots in the FCT, and our work significantly impacts residents.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Agbedii further called on President Tinubu to urgently address the lack of seriousness among some of his political appointees, warning that such actions were capable of stalling the administration\u2019s developmental agenda.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also speaking, Hon. Paul Kalejaye member representing Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency, Lagos) criticised the failure of the Minister and agencies to attend, describing it as a slight against the authority of the National Assembly. He recommended that sanctions be imposed to deter future occurrences.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Committee adjourned the budget defence session to Tuesday at 4:00 p.m., directing the Minister and the 14 agencies to appear without fail.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-1107267496151712138ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Area Councils, and Auxiliary Matters on Monday issued a summons to the Minister of State for FCT,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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