Presidency distances self from missing 2016 budget

As outrage continued to trail the reportedly missing 2016
Budget presented to the joint session of the National
Assembly on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, by President
Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency, on Tuesday night,
distanced itself from the missing budget.
Disturbed by the raging enquiries posed by Nigerian social
media users, following the news of the missing
budget, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media
and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, defended the
Presidency, noting that President Buhari has not withdrawn
the budget as speculated in the media.
Shehu in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle
@GarShehu said: “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,” he said.