The senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu (APC) yesterday faulted the allocation to the Ministry of Women Affairs in the 2016 budget.

 
Contributing to the debate on the proposal, Mrs. Tinubu said the allocation of N4billion to the ministry has shown that the Nigerian women have been used and dumped by the APC.

 
According to her, the party would incur the wrath of women in the country, “if the allocations in the budget was not jerked up.

 
“The allocation to women in this budget is the least ever. Less than N4bn was allocated to women when Capital projects alone are N3billion. This is not going to go down well. I think the women have been used and dumped after elections,” she said.

 
Mrs Tinubu who is also the chairman of the Senate Committee on Women Affairs urged the Senate Committee on Appropriations to look into the allocation to women during budget defence.

 
Also speaking, Senator Aliyu Wammako (APC, Sokoto North) said the budget was realistic noting that “The 2016 budget is not only budget of change but it is budget of hope.”

Credit : Daily Trust