2022 budget: Rep wants Calabar – Lagos coastal project prioritised

Member representing Epe Federal Constituency of Lagos at the House of Representatives, Tasir Olawale Raji, has called on the Federal Government to ensure priority is given to the Calabar-Lagos coastal line project in the 2022 budget for early completion.

Raji said this while contributing to debate on the general principles of the budget Thursday.

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The lawmaker commended the Federal Government for the giant stride recorded in infrastructural development particularly in the rail transportation sector.

He urged the House Committee on Power to work with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to ensure speedy completion of the Omptosho-Epe-Ahah power project which commenced in 2012 and has remained uncompleted nine years after the award of the contract. 

Raji however raised concerns over the freedom presently enjoyed by the NNPC to determine cost of importing petrol and deducting same from the country’s oil revenue account, adding that such should be scrutinised to avoid revenue leakages.