Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Wednesday said that the the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi by the Senate has not addressed vital issues emanating from his allegation. Obi said the Senate still owe the Nigerian public a clear clarification over the various claims and counterclaims, including that involving the executive arm of […]
Budget Padding: ‘Some senior Senators got ₦500m each, I didn’t get’ – Senator Jarigbe
More revelations have emerged concerning the ongoing budget padding saga indicating that some Senators got ₦500m naira each from the 2024 budget. This was made known by Senator Jarigbe, representing Cross River North senatorial district, on Tuesday on the Senate floor during its session on the allegation of 2024 budget padding. Senator Abdul Ningi representing […]
Alleged Budget Padding: Senate suspends Ningi
Mr Ningi, the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), recently told BBC Hausa that the lawmakers sought the service of a private auditor and discovered the budget was padded with N3 trillion. The post Alleged Budget Padding: Senate suspends Ningi appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Powered by WPeMatico
Budget Padding: ‘I dare Senate to allow Ningi talk’ – Arise TV host, Rufai Oseni
Famous Nigerian journalist, Rufai Oseni, has dared the Senate to allow Senator Abdul Ningi talk freely about his allegations over the 2024 Appropriation Act. The statement followed the ongoing deliberation on the floor of the Senate over the allegation by Ningi that the 2024 budget was padded. The senator had earlier alleged that N3.7 trillion […]
Budget padding: Senator Ningi attempted civilian coup – Bamidele
The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has accused his colleague from Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi of attempting a coup against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Bamidele made the claims while reacting to Ningi’s allegation of the Senate padding the 2024 Appropriation bill. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Bamidele and a few senators vowed […]
BREAKING: Senate suspends Senator Ningi over budget padding allegation
The Senate has suspended Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi over his allegation of budget padding. The suspension is to last a period of six months. This followed Senator Jimoh Ibrahim’s motion for Ningi’s suspension. Some Senators moved that Ningi’s suspension be reduced to three months. Ningi had accused the Senate of padding the 2024 appropriation […]
N3.7trn Budget Padding: Senate has been stripped naked – Oshiomhole
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday decried the budget padding allegation rocking the Senate. Oshiomhole lamented that the Senate has been striped naked in the market place. He spoke on the floor of the Senate while contributing to the debate on the N3.7 trillion budget allegation raised by Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi. Ningi, […]
Budget Padding: ‘You know my take-home pay but I don’t know yours’ – Ningi hits Akpabio
Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has challenged the Senate President Godswill Akpabio over his take-home pay, saying it’s not known. Ningi spoke on Tuesday while defending his budget padding allegation on the floor of the Senate. The senator had earlier alleged that the 2024 budget […]
BREAKING: Budget Padding: Senate in rowdy session as Akpabio asks Ningi to apologize
The Senate is currently in a rowdy session over the budget padding allegation levelled against it. Recall that Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi had accused the Senate of padding the budget to the tune of N3.7 trillion. Ningi, who is the Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum, had alleged that the National Assembly debated and passed […]
Alleged Budget Padding: More northern senators disown Ningi, say he’s on his own
“…..to the best of our knowledge there was no budget padding whatsoever that was done to the 2024 budget. The assertion by Senator Ningi that certain things were done to the bill is his personal opinion. It is not the view of the generality of us, the senators.” The post Alleged Budget Padding: More northern […]