The Senate Committee on Power has summoned Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, over 147 billion Naira included in the capital project of the Ministry of Power.

The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gabriel Suswam, who invited the Minister during the budget defence of the Ministry of Power, claimed that the committee could not explain how the funds for the projects in the power sector were being expended.

Suswam said the actual capital budget of the Ministry of Power for the 2023 is 44 billion naira while 147 billion naira is meant for bilateral and multilateral projects.

The Minister of Power presented a total budget of 250 billion naira on behalf of the ministry.