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| Northern senators scuttled Calabar-Lagos Rail Project. Applies Budget to the North |
It has been noticed that some key aspects of the 2016 Nigeria's budget, which have to do with government’s core infrastructure in the Eastern Nigeria, have been removed by Northern members of the Nigeria's National Assembly and the monies slated for them applied to the North. The budget proposed for the Lagos-Calabar rail project (N80 billion), was scrapped by the National Assembly scrapped, whereas the National Assembly approved the Lagos-Kano rail project, which had a proposed budget of N100 billion.
