Senate issues official statement on “missing” document

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January 14, 2016 9:38 AM

The clarification was made via a statement released by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

The Nigerian Senate has denied reports that it confirmed the disappearance of the 2016 budget proposal during its plenary session on Wednesday, January 13.

The clarification was made via a statement released by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.

“We have reeled out our time table for working on the budget. So, how can the same budget be missing? The Senate President never said or admitted that the budget is missing and there was nothing that he said while presiding over the plenary that could be logically interpreted to mean am admission that the budget is missing,” he said.

“The media should please avoid unnecessary sensationalism. We assure Nigerians that our time table of completing work on the budget by February ending remains sacrosanct and we will work assiduously to achieve it,” he added.

He also said that the Senate would distribute copies of the budget to all Senators to enable them contribute to the debate on the document on January 19.

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