I didn’t spend Public Funds on my Mother’s Birthday party in Dubai – Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila says

Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabimila has denied reports that he spent public funds to host his mother’s birthday party in Dubai, United Arab Emirates recently. Online media reports claimed that the Speaker flew 300 guests to the location of the birthday party using public funds.

Denying the report, the Speaker in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Lanre Lasisi, said the story was false in its entirety.

The statement reads:

“The story carried by Sahara Reporters on Monday, March 2, 2020, alleging that the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila used public funds to take 300 guests to Dubai for his mother’s birthday is categorically false.

The Speaker, his family and a few friends were in Dubai to celebrate the 90th birthday anniversary of Alhaja Lateefat Olufunke Gbajabiamila, the Speaker’s mother.

For the records, this event was strictly for family members and a few childhood friends for which no public funds were appropriated or expended. “Indeed not a single politician or a legislator was present at the event.”