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Budget: Senate indicts presidency, says Buhari’s aide doctored budget
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Budget: Senate indicts presidency, says Buhari’s aide doctored budget
The Nigerian Senate
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2016 budget documents stolen from National AssemblyJanuary 12, 2016
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2016 Budget Documents: Senate awaits probe reportJanuary 13, 2016
The Senate has accused the Senior
Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Senate, Ita Enang, of
changing the contents of the 2016 appropriation bill before making the document
available to the lawmakers.
Mr. Buhari presented the 2016 budget
proposal last December before a joint session of the National Assembly.
Senators however told PREMIUM TIMES
on Tuesday that the documents presented by the president were missing. The
senate later asked a committee to investigate the matter.
At its plenary on Thursday, the
Senate said Mr. Enang, himself a former senator, changed the contents of the
original document as presented by Mr. Buhari.
The senate president, Bukola Saraki,
disclosed this at the end of the executive session that lasted over two hours.
“What he distributed is different
from what was presented by Mr. President and we have resolved not to address
any version until we receive the version presented by Mr. President,” Mr.
Saraki stated.
The chairman, Senate Committee on
Media and Publicity, Aliyu Sabi, further emphasised the Senate allegation when
he briefed journalists after plenary.
Mr. Sabi
said, “We are duty bound to consider the budget that has been laid by Mr.
President; we are waiting for the soft copy that we can produce it ourselves.”
He, however,
did not give details of the discrepancies between the said original version and
the allegedly doctored version distributed by Mr. Enang.
The Nigerian Senate
Related
News
SHOCKING:
2016 budget documents stolen from National AssemblyJanuary 12, 2016
Nigerians
to wait till Tuesday to know ministerial nomineesSeptember 30, 2015
'Missing'
2016 Budget Documents: Senate awaits probe reportJanuary 13, 2016
The Senate has accused the Senior
Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Senate, Ita Enang, of
changing the contents of the 2016 appropriation bill before making the document
available to the lawmakers.
Mr. Buhari presented the 2016 budget
proposal last December before a joint session of the National Assembly.
Senators however told PREMIUM TIMES
on Tuesday that the documents presented by the president were missing. The
senate later asked a committee to investigate the matter.
At its plenary on Thursday, the
Senate said Mr. Enang, himself a former senator, changed the contents of the
original document as presented by Mr. Buhari.
The senate president, Bukola Saraki,
disclosed this at the end of the executive session that lasted over two hours.
“What he distributed is different
from what was presented by Mr. President and we have resolved not to address
any version until we receive the version presented by Mr. President,” Mr.
Saraki stated.
The chairman, Senate Committee on
Media and Publicity, Aliyu Sabi, further emphasised the Senate allegation when
he briefed journalists after plenary.
Mr. Sabi
said, “We are duty bound to consider the budget that has been laid by Mr.
President; we are waiting for the soft copy that we can produce it ourselves.”
He, however,
did not give details of the discrepancies between the said original version and
the allegedly doctored version distributed by Mr. Enang.
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