The
controversy surrounding the missing 2016 National Budget of the
President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, has taken a new turn with
two separate copies coming into the picture and the person that
allegedly committed the act revealed.
According to an exclusive report on Premium Times, the Nigerian
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.
It was learnt that the Senators at its plenary on Thursday,
revealed that Ita Enang changed the contents of the original document as
presented by President Buhari before a joint session of the National
Assembly last December.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, disclosed this at the end of
an executive closed session with the committe who investigated the
missing budget 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," Saraki stated.
The chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Aliyu Sabi,
further emphasised the Senate allegation when he briefed journalists
after plenary.
"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," Sabi said.
He, however, did not give details of the discrepancies between the
said original version and the allegedly doctored version distributed by
Mr. Enang.
Below is what the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, posted on his official Facebook page;
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