The Senate yesterday summoned the minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi to appear before it to explain reasons for the exclusion of the south east from the proposed loan of $5,851 billion from China Exim Bank to execute the modernisation of Lagos-Kano, Kano-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan, and Lagos-Calabar rail segment. This follows a motion moved by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) during plenary titled, “Outright Omission of Eastern Corridor Rail Line in the request for approval of Federal Government 2016-2015 External Borrowing (Rolling Plan)”. Abaribe said that the federal government had on…
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