Senate adjourns till Feb. 21 •Directs probe of BPP, tasks committees to work on Budget defence

Mayowa Okekale, Abuja |27th Jan 2017 | 2,698

Senate President Bukola Saraki

The Nigerian Senate, after it vigorously criticised the 2017 Budget, has adjourned till February 21, to make room for the 68 committees that would work on the defence exercise of the Budget to commence work.

Before the break, yesterday, Senate President Bukola Saraki reshuffled the chairmanship of Senate Committees.

Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume is to Chair INEC while Senator Magnus Abe would chair FERMA. Senator George Sekibo would Chair Ministry of Interior while Senator Abubakar Kyari will chair Defence Ministry.

The Senate also on Thursday directed its Committee on Public Procurement to carry out comprehensive investigations on some of the activities of Bureau of Public Procurement.

The Senate is aggrieved that the BPP contravened the Public Procurement Act, having directly awarded over-inflated contracts to companies that were not recommended.

This was followed by the Motion on the Irregularities in the Award of Contracts by the Bureau of Public Procurement BPP as raised by Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi West.

Speaking on the motion, Melaye explained that there are some irregularities in the activities of the BPP which must not be condoned by a serious government.

He complained that BPP wrote a letter of No Objection to contract requests of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, but later wrote that it cannot be granted.

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