Nigerian Lawmaker Denies Bribery Allegation Leveled Against Them By Heads, Federal Agencies

Nigerian Lawmaker Denies Bribery Allegation Leveled Against Them By Heads, Federal Agencies
Nigerian Lawmaker Denies Bribery Allegation Leveled Against Them By Heads, Federal Agencies

Nigerian Lawmaker Denies Bribery Allegation Leveled Against Them By Heads, Federal Agencies

The Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Sonny Ogbuoji (Ebonyi-PDP), denied the allegations levelled against his colleagues.

“It’s a big lie,” he said. “The president has directed them to submit to the committees. If they submit and the committee does not receive it, they should blow it open. This should not be a secret. It’s a big lie. Such things (bribery) should not be entertained.”

Mr. Ogbuoji had on February 28 called the attention of the senate to the refusal of MDAs to either submit details of their 2018 budget proposal or their amendments as requested by Senate committees.

He said the allegation was an ‘escape route’ concocted by the MDAs to cover up.

“People are looking for escape route for their ineptitude. If they say they are demanding bribe, its human beings that are demanding the bribes. They should say the person’s name. There should be no cover up. Nobody should entertain such story.

“If it is me, they should call my name. Hiding it is like virus. If you cover virus, it will never die but the moment you expose it to the atmosphere, it will die. They should say which committee is demanding it. Let them not just say and give a wrong impression.”

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