
The Kano-born politician took to his verified Twitter handle, @AbdulAbmJ, to challenge the presidency to tell Nigerians where the project was included in the budget.
“I actually find it shocking that even some National Dailies made the removal their headlines. A little research would would have helped”.
“Lagos-Calabar Railway line was NEVER captured in the budget that was sent by the Executive. How then could it have been removed by NASS?
“All they, and those spreading the false information needed to have done is check the initial document sent by the Executive.
“Lagos-Calabar Rail was never included. How could NASS have removed what was not there? But the nation is being misled.
“The NASS has always been on the receiving end of bad press. This is being capitalised on in the conversations on #Budget2016.
“This is unfortunate as it is quite clear to all and sundry that #Budget2016 and all its headaches and controversies didn’t emanate from NASS,” he posted on the micro-blogging site.
His position was confirmed by civic tech organisation, BudgiT Nigeria, that there was no provision for the Lagos-Calabar rail in the 2016Budget submitted by the president.