In his war against corruption, President Muhammed Buhari has asked the Ministry of Finance to provide information on the whereabouts of the foreign loans obtained for rail projects but diverted to other purposes under the watch of former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. Buhari’s directive followed the diversion of a substantial part of the loan of $1.005 billion from the Chinese Exim Bank, meant for the construction of a standard gauge rail line linking Lagos and Kano States to somewhere else. This was even as the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport by the Permanent Secretary, Mohammed Bashar informed the President that only $605 million is left of the loan. Bashar, who revealed this during a presentation of his ministry’s activities to president Buhari at the presidential villa also briefed Buhari on some challenges facing the transport and maritime sectors such as encroachment on railway land, lack of security on inland waterways and some vague agreements between the Nigeria Ports Authority and ports concessionaires. Reacting to this information, Buhari said that it was disappointing to find that foreign loans obtained in line with signed agreements were moved from one project to another. “I hope that due process was followed before such diversions were carried out. Taking money from one project to another has to be done properly,” he warned. He regretted that government had, over the years, failed to meet its counterpart funding obligation on some projects, leading to such projects being left uncompleted or abandoned adding that there was a clear need to streamline, harmonize, and prioritize on-going projects in the transportation sector.
Wednesday 12 August 2015
Okonjo-Iweala Has To Explain Where The $1bn Rail Transport Loan Went
Okonjo-Iweala Has To Explain Where The $1bn Rail Transport Loan Went
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