Sufuyan Ojeifo
14 May 2008
Abuja — The Senator Heineken Lokpobiri-led Senate Ad-Hoc Committee, set up to probe the N1.3 trillion transport sector funds expended between 1999 and 2007, has met with the Minister of Transportation, Diezani Allison-Maduekwe to set the stage for the public hearing into the matter.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Information, Senator Ayogu Eze, who is also a member of the Ad-Hoc Committee, said there was going to be some further discussions with other stakeholders in the financial sector, Finance Ministry, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with a view to getting enough materials for the probe.According to Eze, "The meeting with the Minister of Transportation has taken place and also there is going to be some discussions with other stakeholders in the financial sector, Finance Ministry and the CBN; so far, we are getting enough materials to perform that assignment."He spoke shortly after the Senate adjourned till today after a short sitting yesterday.
The adjournment, according to him, was necessitated by the avalanche of committee engagements, including the ECOWAS Parliament that is sitting in Abuja. Eze said that the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over yesterday's sitting was a member of the ECOWAS Parliament, adding that "a number of our members are also part of that parliament so they had to go and attend the parliament."He assured that the Senate would resume in full swing today, stressing that "all the issues that are pending are being tackled."
According to him, "You know that the probe of the transport sector is on course because the stake holding that is necessary to get it off the ground is already taken place."He added, "You know that the Committee on FCT probe is still ongoing and it is going very well. So, generally the Senate is working and working well for the people of Nigeria and I assure you that we will not be distracted."
Eze said that the Senate expected that some of these activities would help to shape government and position it properly for accountability to the Nigerian people.
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