There was a mild drama at the House of Representatives on in Monday as the House resumed probe of Chinese loans for development of the rail sector.
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi and Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreement, Mr Ossai Nicholas Ossai openly disagreed on contents of the loans and other procedures for execution.
Reps noted that Mr Ossai would not allow Committee ask questions, constantly cutting them short as he insisted he was in charge.
Reps also said Mr Amaechi constantly refused to be guided in his response to Mr Ossai’s questions, maintaining he was asking one question in three different ways.
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Mr Amaechi told the committee the Lagos/Calabar rail line will not be possible because the House is probing the loans, which have not been secured.
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He added at the moment, there was no contract because there was no loan.
He insisted the project was important to the South South region to which Mr Ossai replied the issue at hand was not about a region but Nigeria.
He warned the Minister against serving sectional interests.
Attempts by Mr Wole Oke to guide the process and ensure rancor- free exercise was rebuffed by Mr Ossai who ruled him out of order, insisting he was in charge and cannot guided.
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila who walked into the hearing room as the drama was unfolding, however halted the process midway.
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