The All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South East has urged the National Assembly not to play politics with the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project because it says it will improve the economy of the country as a whole. Spokesman of the party in the region, Osita Okechukwu, who addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, also…
The Federal Government on Tuesday maintained that the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project was included in the 2016 budget presented to the National Assembly for approval. Speaking on the issue on Tuesday, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, said that because of the “controversies surrounding the 2016 budget, it has become necessary…
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Land Transport, Gbenga Ashafa, has reacted to controversies surrounding the Lagos-Calabar rail project that was allegedly removed from the 2016 budget passed by the National Assembly. Ashafa confirmed that the project was not in the initial budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the lawmakers, but noted that the…