Nigeria, Nov. 13 -- Three days to the governorship election in Kogi State, the Senate has approved promissory notes and bond issuance of N10.069 billion to the state as refund for projects executed on behalf of the federal government.

The approval on Wednesday was criticised by opposition lawmakers who asked that the approval be delayed till after the election.

They were, however, outvoted by majority senators.

Kogi, like the Senate and the federal government, is controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The approval was a sequel to the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts which considered the promissory note programme and a bond issuance to settle inherited local debts and contractual ibl...