Nigeria, March 18 -- The Senate began legislative activities last Monday with the inauguration of a nine-member ad hoc committee to interrogate the disbursement and usage of the 30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The panel will also probe intervention programmes implemented by the former president such as the Anchor Borrowers Programme, excess funding in the power sector, and monies given to manufacturers, banks and airline companies which contributed to the increase in the country's debt profile.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, inaugurated the interrogation committee in the Senate complex, Abuja

After the inauguration, memb...