Doguwa said that senators and representatives were satisfied and conveniently guided by the verbal presentation made by Tinubu.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Chairman of the Northern Caucus, Alhassan Doguwa, has debunked claims that President Bola Tinubu presented empty budget boxes before the National Assembly.
In a statement on Friday, Doguwa said, “What people don’t know is that President Tinubu had since submitted a flash drive of the whole budget before his presentation to the Joint Chambers.
“Stop the misrepresentation of facts, we did not receive empty 2024 budget boxes from President Tinubu.”
“I write in response to the mischievous insinuations that Mr President laid empty boxes to the National Assembly on the day he presented the Appropriation Bill 2023.
“What people don’t know is that Mr President had earlier submitted a flash drive as a soft copy of the 2023 budget. which is now being printed out in hard copies.
“And as usual, he brought one single hard copy of the budget to the floor.”
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Doguwa said that senators and representatives were satisfied and conveniently guided by the verbal presentation made by Tinubu.
“And the way Mr President digested the budget and gave a specific analysis of the funds allocated to the various sectors of the economy.
“I, therefore, want to say that any media or mischievous reports insinuating that Mr president laid empty boxes were not true and unfounded,” he said.
Doguwa, who is also the chairman of House Committee on Petroleum Upstream, insisted that such reports were only being perpetrated by mischief makers and opposition members who would always criticise the government with or without reasonable cause.
He added, “I further wish to urge Nigerians to disregard such insinuations and condemn the perpetrators as they are enemies of Nigeria’s progress.
“As from next week, the House Committee on Petroleum Upstream will start budget defence on the estimates of agencies under my committee’s supervision.”