Nigerian Senate indicts Buhari's aide Ita Enang on missing budget

The Nigerian Senate has on Thursday accused Senator Ita Enang, the Special Assistant to ‎President Buhari on National Assembly Matters, of changing the contents of the 2016 appropriation bill before making the document available to the lawmakers.

Senate president Bukola Saraki, in a statement posted on his Facebook page, said , ''Today, the Senate received the report of the ad hoc committee setup to investigate the claims of the ‪#‎MissingBudget2016‬. The report of the committee revealed that the Senate received two versions of the 2016 Appropriation Bill – one from President Muhammdu Buhari at the December 22nd, 2015 Joint Session of the National Assembly, and another from the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang.''

He added, ''The Senate will only accept the version of the appropriation bill that was presented by the President.''