Sagay panel begins probe into budget padding, meets Jibrin

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, led by Prof. Itse Sagay, on Wednesday, said it had begun “meeting” on the documents submitted to
it on the budget padding scandal by leaders of the House of Representatives.

The Executive Secretary of PACAC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said this after a meeting the presidential panel held in Abuja with a former Chairman, House
of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, who had submitted some documents to PACAC.

Owasanoye confirmed to The PUNCH after the meeting with Jibrin that the committee had started considering the petitioner’s submissions and documents.

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