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Nigeria: Senator Asks Buhari Not to Sign 2016 Budget Without Lagos-Calabar Rail
Premium Times, 13 April 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari should not sign the 2016 budget without the inclusion of the N60billion Lagos-Calabar rail project, a federal lawmaker has said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Rail - Reps Shuns Senate's Stance, Says 2016 Budget Will Be Revisited
Premium Times, 13 April 2016
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, said it had resolved to "reexamine" the 2016 budget amid the heated controversy over the Lagos-Calabar rail project. Read more »
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Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Rail - Admit Your Error, Senate Tells Presidency
Premium Times, 12 April 2016
The Senate, Tuesday, said the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project could be part of the 2016 fiscal year should President Muhammadu Buhari send a supplementary proposal to that… Read more »
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Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Project in Corrected Version of Budget, FG Clarifies
Leadership, 13 April 2016
The ministry of Budget and Planning has clarified the controversy generated by the alleged omission of the Lagos-Calabar rail project in the 2016 budget, saying the project was… Read more »
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Nigeria: Calabar-Lagos Rail - Don't Resign, PDP Tells Amaechi
Vanguard, 12 April 2016
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi not to heed the call by the National Assembly… Read more »
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Nigeria: Calabar-Lagos Rail - FG Defends Ameachi, Insists Project Was Captured in 2016 Budget
Vanguard, 12 April 2016
In what appears like a rebuttal to the National Assembly submission, Tuesday, that the Calabar-Lagos railway project was not captured in the 2016 budget, the federal government has… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate Rules Out Including Calabar-Lagos Rail Project in Budget
This Day, 13 April 2016
The Senate on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of reconsidering the inclusion of the N60 billion Lagos-Calabar rail project in the 2016 budget. Instead the parliament promised to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Calabar-Lagos Rail Line - We Won't Revisit Project, Senate Tells Buhari As FG Defends Amaechi
Vanguard, 13 April 2016
In what appears to be a rebuttal to the National Assembly's submission, Monday, that the N60 billion Calabar-Lagos railway project was not captured in the 2016 budget, the Federal… Read more »
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Nigeria: Bring Back Lagos - Calabar Rail Project
Vanguard, 13 April 2016
The reign of confusion that has bedevilled the 2016 Appropriation Bill continues to reverberate with the allegation that the two chambers of the National Assembly distorted the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Rail Project in Budget, Ministry Insists
Leadership, 12 April 2016
The Ministry of Transport yesterday reacted to the claim by the National Assembly that the Lagos-Calabar rail project was not in the 2016 budget, insisting that the project was… Read more »