Budget Padding: N’ Assembly clerk shuns police request

Mohammed Sani-Omolori, the Clerk to the National Assembly has failed to honour the request of the Nigerian police which is requesting the draft and final copies of the 2016 budget, Punch is reporting.
According to the report, Sani-Omolori’s failure to provide the documents to the retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police Ali Amodu-led investigation panel had stalled the probe
into the allegations of budget padding against the leadership of the House of Representatives “The delay in responding to the police’ request by the Clerk is holding up the investigation.
The letter requesting the draft copy of the budget and the final copy that was passed and returned to the President was sent about three weeks ago and up till now, the Clerk has not responded. We learnt he has travelled, but the question is: did he travel with the documents?
We have decided to watch and see!
According to the report, Sani-Omolori’s failure to provide the documents to the retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police Ali Amodu-led investigation panel had stalled the probe
into the allegations of budget padding against the leadership of the House of Representatives “The delay in responding to the police’ request by the Clerk is holding up the investigation.
The letter requesting the draft copy of the budget and the final copy that was passed and returned to the President was sent about three weeks ago and up till now, the Clerk has not responded. We learnt he has travelled, but the question is: did he travel with the documents?
We have decided to watch and see!
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