Ex-governor of Rivers state and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said that the Federal Government has released its counterpart fund for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan mordernisation railway project.
According to The Punch, Amaechi made the disclosure on Monday, January 23, he put the figure at N72bn.
The minister said this at the Second Presidential Business Forum which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said the counterpart funding was released in full so that there will be no delay in the project implementation.
He also used the opportunity to appeal to the National Assembly to approve the $30bn foreign loan request.
He said: “The construction of Lagos-Ibadan Railway, the Minister of Finance has been kind enough to release the counterpart funding in full.
“The only thing we need to do, I thank God there is somebody from the National Assembly, is to plead with the National Assembly that the funds has been approved, then the National Assembly should please approve the $30bn loan.
“If you don’t encourage the National Assembly to make that approval, then, the economy won’t be making the kind of progress we want the economy to make.
“So, for me here, I will enjoin to persuade the National Assembly to kindly make that approval because they are tied to projects.”
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