Senate summons minister over exclusion of eastern projects in $5.9bn Chinese loan

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May 16, 2017 3:11 PM

The decision was reached on Tuesday, May 16, after Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe brought the exclusion to the Senate’s notice.

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The Senate has invited Minister of Transportation,

The decision was reached on Tuesday, May 16, after Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe brought the exclusion to the Senate’s notice.

“The eastern section of the rail segment, which has a link between the south-east to the north-eastern parts of the rail line is completely excluded from the request,” Abaribe said according to The Cable.

“The loan being a federal government borrowing would be paid for all sections of the country, therefore every section of the country should be taken into consideration.

“There is a railway master plan developed by the ministry of transport and of which such plans has not being referred to in the current borrowing plan," he added.

President Muhammadu Buhari, via a letter sent on April 26, sought the National Assembly’s permission to borrow $5.851 billion for the upgrade of various sections of the Nigerian railway.

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Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who also spoke, accused the government of discrimination which he said “should not be allowed to continue.”

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