Following the rumour credited to the leader of the 8th senate Ali Ndume that the 2016 budget is missing from the National Assembly, the senate has refuted such claims.
As revealed in a statement by Ndume released in the early hours of this morning he stated categorically that the 2016 budget is intact and safe.
"The budget cannot be missing. A copy can be laid, it is a symbolic copy, the budget will be in custody of both Chambers.
" It cannot be stolen, it cannot be missing. Once the budget is laid in the National Assembly, it has become the property of National Assembly,'' he said.
On the visit of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to President Muhammadu Buhari after the report of the missing budget, Ndume said: '' Saraki's visit to Villa is for Senate to know the President's priority.
We want to see how we can fast track the passage of the budget before the end of February. What is before the Senate is proposal, once the president signs it, it cannot be amended, we can turn the budget upside down, it cannot be missing.
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