- Rotimi Amaechi has been summoned by the House of Representatives committee on land transport
- Chairman of committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, disclosed this on Thursday, November 29, after plenary in Abuja
- Jibrin alleged that the committee has received a lot of allegations from credible sources against Amaechi and wanted to investigate the issues
The minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has been invited to appear before the House of Representatives committee on land transport over allegations of corruption and breach of process.
Channel TV reports that chairman of the committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, made this known on Thursday, November 29, after plenary in Abuja.
Jibrin revealed that the committee has received a lot of allegations from credible sources against the minister and wants to investigate the issues raised.
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According to him, the lawmakers after a meeting of the committee believe that Nigerians should know about so much of the things being done behind the scenes.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation, said the National Assembly’s refusal to allow government access to a $30bn foreign loan facility is responsible for delaying the complete overhaul of the country’s railway network.
The minister of transportation made the claim when he appeared before the Senate joint committees on land transport and foreign and local debts, which is investigating the alleged abandonment of the eastern rail lines in the rail revitalisation projects across the country.
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Amaechi noted that the federal government has no plan to exclude the southeast region from the rail project, noting that the region was already captured in the 2018 borrowing plans of the federal government.
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