President Muhammadu Buhari via his spokesman Malam Garba Shehu reacted to the reports on the alleged missing 2016 national budget.

The Nigerian senate was incapable to
commence considering the proposed budget
because of the missing documentation.
President Buhari provided the hard copies of
his first budget to both houses at the end of
December.
Reacting via his Facebook page, Shehu Garba
wrote: ”Enquiries about the budget: Nobody
except the president can withdraw the
budget. As far as we know, he hasn’t done
that.
”The copies in their hundreds have been
delivered to both chambers of the National
Assembly.
”By tradition, once the budget is submitted, it
ceases to be our property. Enquiries as to
where it is should be directed to the
appropriate quarters. Best regards.”
The Senate established the committee
instructed to investigate the controversy
surrounding the “missing” 2016 budget.
The committee, which was set up at an closed-
door session of the Senate on January 12, will
present the report on Thursday.
President Buhari presented a N6.08 trillion
budget in the end of December before a joint
session of the National Assembly.
In the budget, capital expenditure takes N1.8
trillion, marking a significant over 300%
increment from the 2015 vote of N557 billion.