The Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria confirmed it had received more documents of ₦30 trillion Ways and Means loan from the Office of the Accountant General.
The Upper Chamber said it has commenced investigation on the loans and to resume physical sitting after studying the documents.
The documents arrived at the National Assembly on Thursday.
The loan was secured from the Central Bank of Nigeria under Godwin Emefiele by the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The senate also said it has written to the office of the Accountant General to seek for additional documents relating to the loan, to help to deepen the investigation on the loan.
“The documents from the Office of the Accountant General regarding the probe of the ₦30tn Ways and Means came on Thursday; the documents have been given to the chairman and the members of the panel,” one of the Senate sources told newsmen.
“Yes, the documents have come from the AGF and have been 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.
“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.”
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