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Nigerians Fume Over Gbajabiamila’s Dubai Birthday Bash

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March 4, 2020

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By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The decision of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila to celebrate his mother’s birthday in Dubai may not have gone well with many Nigerians, who took to social media to vent outrage on the act.

Harsh criticism was drawn to the birthday celebration when an online platform, Sahara Reporters reported that the Speaker sponsored 300 guests for his mother’s birthday using public funds.

In recent times, Nigerians have lamented over the humongous allocation of public funds, allocated to Federal lawmakers, especially in the view of neglect of other important sectors.

Reacting to the Sahara Reporters allegations, the Special Adviser to Gbajabiamila on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi stated that no politician was sponsored to the birthday in Dubai adding that personal funds were used and not public funds as alleged by Sahara Reporters.

He said:

Press Statement from the Office of the Speaker, House of Representatives
March 3, 2020

The story carried by Sahara Reporters on Monday, March 2, 2020, alleging that @SpeakerGbaja, used public funds to take 300 guests to Dubai for his mother's birthday is categorically false.
— Lanre Lasisi (@llsisi) March 3, 2020

Many Nigerians who have reacted to Lasisi’s press release argued that there are no ways public funds would have not been spent in such celebration in Dubai.

Some even noted that the Dubai birthday celebration negates the local content policy preached by the speaker.

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Waww.. He had to celebrate it in Dubai?? It's not good for optics even if he sponsored the trip personally.. He is not longer a private person… he is the number 4th person in the country.
— Erickson (@Ericodong3) March 3, 2020

Why Dubai?, The speaker did wrong, where is local content policy?.
— Makanjuola (@AdewaleTairu) March 3, 2020

Nigerian office holders ! @Soojaey it is truly well with our country!
— Oluwaseun Famosinpe (@OFamosinpe) March 3, 2020

If the story is not true…kindly sue them. If not…then shut the hell up and own your misappropriation jejely. You people keep stealing money with reckless abandon and expect the whole country to take it hook line and sinker. Thank @SaharaReporters for this…evil leaders.
— Ceasar (@keljykz2) March 3, 2020

Gbajabiamila, na person name be this ?
If na our money him use, God Co punish am and him family mtcheew
— Ukanga Charles (@UkangaC) March 3, 2020

Truly, there's no crime in spoiling your loved ones and taking them on Vacations. But it becomes a crime when it's a new habit, especially when you just became the Speaker of the National Assembly and the vacation was sponsored with public funds. Its also a moral issue.
— Nwoke Alexander Jr. (@alex2j2) March 3, 2020

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