Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has once again defend the planned construction of Transportation University in Daura, Katsina State.

Daura the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari is set to host the construction of the N18 billion project which is scheduled to start in 2019, The minister who appear today before senate Joint Committee of Land Transport and Local and Foreign Debts sitting in Abuja say's The University is part of the ministry social responsibility and the second one to be cited in his village. According to the minister "both Daura and my village are part of Nigeria". Speaking, the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gbenga Ashafa clarified that, it’s not an investigative hearing, but an interactive one to enable the committee unravel the collapse of arrangements.

Ashafa said, the contractual arrangements of the Federal Ministry of Transportation with General Electric costing $2.7 billion was huge and the nation could not afford to lose sleep.

speaking, the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gbenga Ashafa clarified that, it’s not an investigative hearing, but an interactive one to enable the committee unravel the collapse of arrangements.

Ashafa said, the contractual arrangements of the Federal Ministry of Transportation with General Electric costing $2.7 billion was huge and the nation could not afford to lose sleep.

Senator Shehu Sani, a joint Chairman of the Committee reminded the Minister of the commitment he made when his Ministry applied for the loans that were approved for Lagos – Ibadan railway construction.

what happened to the other universities.