No budget is missing. Senate chairman

Chairman, Senate Committee on Media And
Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
has said that no statement made by any
Senator during the plenary today can be
interpreted to mean an admission that the
2016 budget is missing.
He said there is no budget missing and
that the Senate will today (Thursday)
distribute copies of the budget to all the
Senators so as to arm them to properly
contribute to the debate which will take
place between Tuesday. January 19 to
Thursday, January 21, 2015.
Already, all senators have indicated the date they
will make their own contribution on the budget.
Abdullahi stated that during today's plenary when
Senator Eyinaya Abaribe sought for clarification
on the story in the media surrounding the
information that the copy of the 2016 budget
submitted to the Senate was missing and sought
to know update on the issue. The Senate
President replied that the issue he (Abaribe)
mentioned and all issues emanating from the
executive sessions are being looked into by an
adhoc committee and that all Senators should
wait for the committee to submit its report.
"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.
"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 said.
Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public
Affairs