The Senate Committee on Defence yesterday stepped down the consideration of the defence ministry’s 2023 budget proposal over the refusal of the minister, Bashir Magashi, to honour invitations it extended to him.
The committee took the decision after Senator Yahaya Abdullahi , drew the attention of his colleagues to an earlier resolution of the Senate inviting the minister to appear before its ad-hoc committee over the Nigerian Naval Ship which had been grounded for several years.Abdullahi said a motion was raised on the floor of the Senate in February on the need to resuscitate the NNS Aradu, Nigeria’s flagship and most powerful in the fleet of the Nigerian Navy.
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