The leadership of the senate on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP Bauchi Central) over allegation that the 2024 budget was padded with a whooping sum of about N4trillion.
ROYAL NEWS recalled that Senator Ningi had in BBC Hausa Interview alleged that the budget passed by the National Assembly for 2024 fiscal year was N25trillion while the one being implemented by the Presidency is N28.7trillion.
Ningi said: “For the first time in Nigerian history, today we are operating two different budgets. One budget approved by National Assembly signed by President Bola Tinubu and the one implemented by Presidency.
“The one approved by us is N25 trillion while the one operating by Federal Government is N28 trillion.
“Apparently we discovered N3 trillion was inserted into the budgets without locations. This is the highest budget padding happened in Nigerian history under Senator Akpabio watch .
“We resolved as peoples Representatives to see President Tinubu on this issue, with facts and figures, to ask him if he is aware with this embarrassment or not, then from there we will take action.
“Let Nigerians be patience with us. This is a national issue, it effects all Nigerians in respective of party, tribe or religion.”
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