Fashola tells lawmakers to direct enquiries on N6tn rent funds to SGF, not him

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has told the Senate’s Ad-hoc Committee set up to investigating an alleged N6 trillion unpaid ground rent on federal government properties to direct their enquirers to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.

Fashola gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja when members of the Senate Committee led by its Chairman, Senator Adamu Aliero, paid him a visit.

The Committee which was set up by the 9th Senate, has the mandate to investigate and recover amounts accrued from the non-payment of ground rent from federal government properties built and allocated to various beneficiaries.

While addressing the Committee, the Minister said the SGF was in a better position to explain issues surrounding the funds as the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC), which issued receipts on the property was under his (Mustapha’s) purview.