The Senate has granted an extension to the committee probing the N30tn Ways and Means loan secured by the Federal Government from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
According to The PUNCH, the committee, chaired by Senator Isah Jibrin, was initially given six weeks to complete the probe, but requested more time to study additional documents received from the Office of the Accountant General.
The committee has assured Nigerians that it will conduct a thorough investigation and ensure due diligence in its probe.
The extension was granted following a request by Senator Jibrin during Thursday’s plenary session.
The panel had written to the OAGF seeking additional documents to deepen its probe of the controversial N30tn loan obtained by the President Muhammadu-led administration.
Confirming the receipt of the document, Jibrin said the AGF had sent the documents to the National Assembly.
He said, “Yes, the documents have come from the AGF and distributed to all panel members. At the moment, we are all studying it and once that is concluded we will resume physical meetings hopefully by next week.”
He added, “Nigerians can be assured that we will ensure due diligence and see that we do not let them down. Like I earlier said, we had never stopped working on the probe, we just needed more documents and now that we have them, nothing can hold us back.”
On receiving the document, Senator Jibrin approached the Senate at plenary requesting more time for the committee to study the document and extend its probe.
The PUNCH had on April 26, reported that Senator Jibrin told our correspondent that the panel would seek an extension of the probe.
He said, “The Senate has been on recess for about a month now, we will seek an extension when we resume. We will ensure that a thorough job is done.”
