The Senate has said that the
letter by President Muhammadu Buhari in which he claimed that the National
Assembly’s approval for refunds to Delta and Taraba State Governments was
different from what the Federal Executive Council approved, must have resulted
from misinformation by his aides.
The Senate in a statement on
Wednesday by Yusuph Olaniyonu Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, stated that the Senate approved the exact figures for
Taraba and Delta States that was submitted to it by the Executive through the
Ministry of Finance as stated on page 402 of a document titled “Federal
Ministry of Finance Submission of Federal Government of Nigeria Outstanding
Liabilities to National Assembly, May, 2018”.
The President had claimed in his
letter to the National Assembly dated March 5, 2019 that “While the Federal
Executive Council approved a total sum of N78, 601, 631, 430.16 as
reimbursement to Delta and Taraba State Governments, the National Assembly approved
N90, 236,461, 031.36, which is higher than the amount approved by the Federal
Executive Council”.
“The Senate would like to clarify
that the breakdown which the Executive through the Ministry of Finance
submitted to the National Assembly showed that the outstanding liability due to
Taraba State is N22, 254,062,330.08 while that of Delta is N67, 982, 398, 701.
28 while the total for the two states is N90, 236, 461, 031. 36.
“Therefore, the National Assembly
approved the figures submitted to it by the Ministry of Finance as approved by
the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for projects executed on behalf of the
Federal Government. At no time did the executive forwarded the figure of N78,
601, 631, 430, 16 to us and we do not know where the President got that figure
from.
“We have decided to make this
clarification in order to set the records straight and disabuse the minds of
the general public. We believe the President must have been misinformed and
misadvised by his aides while writing the letter he sent on this issue to the
National Assembly”, the Senate stated.
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