Buhari buries the Hatchet, writes Saraki to Approve $75m loan for Edo State

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‎President Muhammadu Buhari has finally decided to put the interest of the nation before his grievances.

‎President Muhammadu Buhari has finally decided to put the interest of the nation before his grievances.

He has written to Senate seeking approval for a $75 million loan from the World Bank for the Edo state government.

It would be recalled that the unending rift between Buhari and the senate president, Bukola Saraki stalled the loan sought by Edo state government from World Bank.
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For World Bank to grant the development loan, Buhari was required to write the Senate but the previous letter was written by the head of , Danladi Kifasi, and addressed to the senate president.

The Senate refused to act on it, instead writing back to Kifasi to point out the procedural error.

“I am writing to seek the consideration of the national assembly of Nigeria on approval of a request by the Edo state government‎ to obtain a $75 million credit facility from the World Bank,” Buhari wrote in a letter read on the floor of the upper chamber by the senate president, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday.

“You may wish to know that the World Bank had approved a Development Policy Programme (DPO) loan budget support for the total sum of $225 million to the Edo state government in 2012 to be implemented in three tranches of $75 million per annum.

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“The first tranche was approved by the national assembly in the 2012-2014 federal government external borrowing plan. “The programme has since been successfully implemented by the state in 2014. Following this success, the bank’s board of executive directors approved the‎ second tranche.

“‎DPO 2, on April 29, 2015. The DPO 2 was captured in the federal government external ruling borrowing plan of 2014-2017, which is pending with the national assembly. “It is for the above reason that I seek your favour to facilitate the consideration and approval of the Development Policy Operation 2 (DPO2) loan of $75 million to enable the state to consolidate on the first tranche of the operation.”

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