The Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to embark on the probe of the utilisation of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme funds by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The sponsor of the motion, Senator Babajide Omoworare, prayed that every naira spent by the past government on SURE-P and other poverty alleviation programmes should be accounted for.
Omoworare’s motion was adopted by the Senate.
The motion came after the senators turned down a proposal by the Buhari administration to pay unemployed Nigerians N5,000 monthly.
Speaking on the motion to pay unemployed Nigerians N5,000 each monthly, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said the issue of unemployment cuts across party lines.
Saraki said: “Unemployment does not look at your party.
“It affects all of us.
“We should stay above party line.
“We all agree that the Federal government alone cannot do it.
“It is the private sector that can do it but enabling environment must be provided.”
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