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Six senators debunked the claim of Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central) that the controversies trailing the budget were as a result of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki.
According to DailyTrust, the senators: Tayo Alasoadura, Peter Nwaoboshi, Rafiu Ibrahim, Obinna Ogba, Isa Hamma Misau and Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi in a joint statement faulted Marafa claims insisting that the budget controversies have no connection with Saraki’s trial.
According to the statement “What is reasonably deductible from the President’s letter is that the current budget estimates being used by the National Assembly is the third version. How is this Saraki’s fault as Marafa claimed?”
It noted that “how can Marafa allude to Saraki a sad development in which ministers appeared before the National Assembly committees and were disowning either as a whole or in parts, the budget of their ministries as it happened in the case of ministers of health, education and information and culture?
“The irregularities in the budget made the February 25 passage date impossible and this was a joint decision of the Chairmen of Committees on Appropriation in both chambers of the National Assembly after consulting with the leadership of both chambers. Marafa’s claim is therefore outright mischief and misrepresentation,” the senators said.
DailyTrust
According to DailyTrust, the senators: Tayo Alasoadura, Peter Nwaoboshi, Rafiu Ibrahim, Obinna Ogba, Isa Hamma Misau and Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi in a joint statement faulted Marafa claims insisting that the budget controversies have no connection with Saraki’s trial.
According to the statement “What is reasonably deductible from the President’s letter is that the current budget estimates being used by the National Assembly is the third version. How is this Saraki’s fault as Marafa claimed?”
It noted that “how can Marafa allude to Saraki a sad development in which ministers appeared before the National Assembly committees and were disowning either as a whole or in parts, the budget of their ministries as it happened in the case of ministers of health, education and information and culture?
“The irregularities in the budget made the February 25 passage date impossible and this was a joint decision of the Chairmen of Committees on Appropriation in both chambers of the National Assembly after consulting with the leadership of both chambers. Marafa’s claim is therefore outright mischief and misrepresentation,” the senators said.
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