Angry Senators Clash Over Ningi’s 2024 Budget Padding Claim

There was a rowdy session today in the Senater, as senators clashed over a claim by Senator Abdul Ningi, who is representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District of Bauchi State, that the 2024 budget was padded by N3trillion, adding that there were two versions of the budget.

Ningi, on Monday, however denied the reports insisting he was quoted out of context because he spoke in Hausa.

However, at the resumed plenary of the Senate on Tuesday, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, moved a motion, calling for the investigation of the claim by Ningi.

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Adeola’s motion was seconded by Senator Joel Onawakpo, after which senators engaged in a stormy debate while speaking on the matter.

Senator Adamu Aliero, representing Kebbi Central Senatorial District, raised a point of order, asking the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to ensure a fair hearing by allowing the man at the centre of the controversy to state his side of the story.

But, in his response to the motion, Akpabio, said, “For me I think this is a very straightforward matter. We have a situation to be the stabiliser of the National Assembly.”