“It is not possible to spend N258 million to print invitation cards.”
The speaker appeared before the nine-man Fact Finding Panel of the House headed by Mr Victor Akande at the House chamber.
The speaker explained that the vehicles bought for the members of the House and other expenses made by the House were done with the approval of the House and that of the Fund Management Committee of the House headed by him. “Also, it is not true that my wife collects N10 million monthly from the House. Anyone who says she does should come with proofs and evidences.
“It is not possible to spend N258 million to print invitation cards. We are not involved in such a frivolous expenditure,” he said. “That was why the House decided to buy the buses, the buses were there for everybody to see with documents to defend the purchases,” he said. Obasa, however, told the committee that it was not possible for him to spend N17 million for cleaning of his guest house, being one of the allegations made by the online medium.
On the report that he tricked former Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, to spend N350 million for hosting a meeting of Conference of Speakers, Obasa, told the committee that this was not possible. “All these allegations are deliberate actions of my enemies to achieve their aims that they could not achieve in the House to remove me as the Speaker of the House, which was why they came up with such reports,” he said.Obasa said he did not know the companies they were talking about.“Whatever I have done as a Speaker, all the approvals I gave as Speaker were given based on collective approval of the members of the House,” he said.
“It is most uncharitable to say we spent N47.5 million for social media influencers. We spend money on publicity and public relations.
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