The Senate Joint Committee investigating
the alleged disappearance of the 2016 budget document from the upper
chamber on Wednesday quizzed five members of staff of the National
Assembly.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and
another member of the committee, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, said in a report that five senior civil servants had been questioned over
the issue.
Investigations by The PUNCH
revealed that some senior employees in the offices of the Clerk to the
National Assembly, Clerk to the Senate, Senate Leader, Senior Special
Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) and
Rules and Business, were quizzed.
Anyanwu said the Joint Senate Committee,
comprising his own and that of Appropriation, would submit their report
on Thursday (today).
He added that the report would be
discussed at either in closed session or in plenary, depending on the
disposition of the Senate leadership.
He said, “We have concluded our investigation and the report will be submitted for everybody to see and we will debate it.”
Also, Nwaoboshi confirmed that the
document was missing, saying his committee was on the trail of those
connected with the document.Choi...
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