Reps panel chair silent on Chinese loans’ probe discontinuation Minister of Transportation, Mr. Roti he House of Representatives has kept mum on the alleged abandonment of the investigation of commercial agreements and external borrowings by the Federal Government, which its committee carrying out the probe said contained “dangerous” clauses. The probe has lasted 14 months without the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, chaired by Mr Nicholas Ossai, turning in a report. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on June 16, 2021, thanked President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, for stopping the probe. While answering questions on ‘Politics Today’, a current affairs programme of Channels Television, Amaechi had alleged that the probe prevented China from granting more loans to Nigeria. Amaechi had said, “We are having a problem with the Ibadan-Kano rail because of the reaction of the committee of ...