{"id":18256,"date":"2020-06-03T09:18:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T09:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18256"},"modified":"2020-06-03T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T09:18:36","slug":"like-senate-reps-approve-buharis-request-for-22-7bn-foreign-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18256","title":{"rendered":"Like Senate, Reps approve Buhari\u2019s request for $22.7bn foreign loan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gbajabiamila-with-Buhari.-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/just-in-gbajabiamila-emerges-as-speaker-house-of-representatives\/\">House of Representatives<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s request for $22.7 billion in foreign loans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The House approved the request after the lawmakers adopted the report of House Committee on Aids, Loans, and Debt Management at the plenary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Buhari had earlier this year forwarded the loan request to the two chambers of the National Assembly for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The loan, according to him, would be used to fund infrastructural projects across the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/senate-advocates-stiffer-punishments-against-rapists\/\">Senate<\/a>&nbsp;approved the request in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/covid-19-oyo-senior-political-appointees-lawmakers-take-pay-cut\/\">lawmakers<\/a>&nbsp;from the South East had kicked against the request over the federal government\u2019s alleged failure to include projects in the region among those to be financed from the loan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;House of Representatives&nbsp;on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s request for $22.7 billion in foreign loans. The House approved the request after the lawmakers adopted the report of House Committee on Aids, Loans, and Debt Management at the plenary. 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