The hard and soft copies of the 2016 budget documents President Muhammadu Buhari handed over to the leadership of the National Assembly on December 22, 2015 have been declared missing.


The Nigerian Senate was scheduled to commence
deliberation on the proposed budget Tuesday.
But Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, shocked lawmakers
at a closed-door session, when he told them the budget documents had been stolen,
people familiar with the
matter told PREMIUM TIMES.


Mr. Ndume, our sources said, explained that deliberation on the budget could therefore not begin until fresh copies of the document are obtained
from the presidency or the ministry of national
planning.

The Chairman, Senate Committee of Appropriation,
Danjuma Goje, was subsequently mandated to
lead a search for the documents and liaise with the
presidency, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, and the national planning ministry on the matter.

The Senators also resolved that the matters be kept under wraps, saying making it public could embarrass the presidency, the National Assembly and the country.

Our sources said senators of the Peoples Democratic Party accused the presidency of being behind the theft of the documents, an accusation rejected by their All Progressives Congress’ counterparts, saying it was
too early to speculate.

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