Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the upper legislative chamber has approved about $28 billion loan requests of President Muhammadu Buhari in one year. In a speech on Thursday to mark one year since the ninth senate was inaugurated, Lawan said they “scrutinised” the projects and programmes the loans were tied to before approving the requests. The senate president said the legislature would ensure that the projects are properly executed for the good of the country. “We have approved foreign loans of about $28 billion in the last year,” he said. “We had ensured...