The Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, Senate, has summoned Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, over N147bn multilateral/billateral project in Power Ministry Budget
The Senate summoned the minister yesterday over the N147 billion included in the capital project of the Ministry of Power.
Speaking during the budget defence of Ministry of Power in Abuja, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Benue North East, who invited the minister, said the invitation became imperative against the backdrop of the fact that the committee could not explain how the fund for the bilateral/ Multilateral project in power sector was being expended.
Suswan said: “ The actual capital budget of the ministry of power for 2023 is N44 billion, while N147 billion is meant for bilateral and multilateral projects.
“We cannot explain how they are being expended; you cannot lay your hand on the projects; we cannot oversight it, the Ministry of Power does not know about it.
“We are inviting the minister of finance to come, explain to us, the money has been put in the budget year in, year out.’’
The Minister of Power, Engr Abubakar Aliyu, presented a budget of N250 billion for the ministry
Recall that the house of representatives has also said the minister has some explanations to do regarding the budgetary allocations of some government agencies and projects.