By SINL Reporter
The Senate committee on Finance on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola over the funding status of three Federal Government legacy road projects.
Also to appear before the Committee are the Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and the Managing Director of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) Uche Orji.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West) made the declaration at the committee investigative hearing with the Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Uche Orji, in Abuja.
Specifically, the legacy projects are the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Abuja-Kano expressway and the Second Niger Bridge.
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Adeola directed that Ahmed, Fashola, Idris, Orji be summoned to appear before the Committee in two weeks time to explain the status of funding for the projects and the issue of legacy debts.
