House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
The lawmakers also summoned the Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman; and the Director-General of the Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha, over external borrowings made by Nigeria, especially from China.
Also, the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements has asked the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to appear before it again on August 17.
On July 28, when Amaechi appeared before the committee, which is investigating Nigeria’s foreign loans, it raised the alarm that the agreement signed with China might force Nigeria to cede its sovereignty to the Asian country.
The minister, however, advised the lawmakers against the probe, saying it could make China to withhold the loan, thus thwarting rail projects that would be financed with the money.
A member of the House of Representatives, who spoke condition of anonymity, on Wednesday, said that more top government officials had already been invited by the panel.
He disclosed that the panel wold be extending its probe to all the loans taken by the Federal Government from China, adding that the matter was far beyond the $500million loan being talked about.