The Labour Party (LP) has applauded Senator Abdul Ningi for speaking out against alleged N3 trillion padding in the 2024 budget.

The party also urged more senators to speak out, even as it stated that LP senators in the 10th National Assembly are in solidarity with Ningi, a Peoples Democratic Party senator.

Prince Kennedy Ahanotu, the LP National Youth Leader, revealed this during a youth-led solidarity visit to the Party Secretariat in Abuja on Friday.

Senator Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central in the Senate, was suspended for three months on Tuesday over his allegation that the 2024 budget was padded by over N3 trillion.

Addressing the youths, Ahanotu said: “Many Senators besides Labour Party Senators backed the suspended Lawmaker for his courage.


“Even members of the Labour Party are happy with that kind of presentation he made. And you know, in the National Assembly, it is not about the person who spoke out.

“There are a lot of people that supported him, but he was the one that the floor was given before he spoke.

But I can assure you that many senators, including Labour Party senators, are solidly behind him because he is trying to unravel the ills of the National Assembly.

“I think as a national leader, personally as a person, I congratulate Senator Ningi for speaking out because we can not continue like this in Nigeria.

“Some days, some times, people need to speak out. And he’s speaking out, personally me, and on behalf of Nigerian youth, we are applauding, we are congratulating, we are thanking, and we are urging more senators and more House of Representatives to speak out.

“We should not be talking about a bad budget. We should not be talking about doctoring the budget. Why are we doctoring the budget when our intention is to save the citizens of Nigeria, is to serve the citizens of Nigeria and to deliver good dividends to them? So why are we padding?

“I think the budget padding as a matter of fact is for personal enrichment.”

Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/budget-padding-our-senators-are-all-in-support-of-senator-ningi-labour-party-declares/

Budget padding isn't a today's thing and since corruption is served as breakfast to dinner on a daily.... We will only pray that laws are created to reduce the effects....

Eye service from the labor party senators because Pat Utomi condemned your silent actions.

Labour came late.. but better late than never..

They should’ve been the party to blow the lid..

Power to the people!!

PDP!

Apc has corruption and evil embedded in the DNA of it founders

Like virus e don spread deep.. they’ve become shamelessly stupid and boldly care less about Nigerians and Nigeria

Country wey electric pole Na 181 million for one and 198 million for one borehole

Funny there’re Nigerians that cheers them... crazy!

God help Nigeria 🇳🇬

The idiots called leaders in Nigeria are all demons.

The only people against the patriotism displayed by Senator Ningi are buccaneering power grabbers, their allies and supporters.

We in LP reject this let the senator under LP open their mouth and speak let them tell us how much they received and all they know about the padding because we can't continue this way

Foolish people after those useless senators collected 500m

Silly damage control. These are the same Labour Party Senators who collect expensive SUV cars while this nation is actively bleeding financially. The executivie is corrupt. The NASS is corrupt. The judiciary is morbidly corrupt. No way out for this nation except death sentence for corruption

Nice one from LP.

Quite a SHAME that Akpabio has turned this Senate into a Motorpark union!!

De play.... You meant they turned their back against him.



What did they do to back him?

Why did they not be the first to blow the whistle, or they are only there for Yeah and Nay

Hypocrite political party. It is hard for Labour party to take a stand because all the Labour party senators and HOR members are all corrupt...

Watch out for some people poto Poto region crawling out from their shelves and still defending Labour Party members who have collected money from Budget padding ...gullible people everywhere ...Tueh ......I spit on their heads...

Awon asiere gbogbo..

After Pat Utomi outburst...Why dem no reject constituency projects and the nonsense SUV

Because it favor them

Really? But when Ningi was being attacked by other senators for opening a can of worms we didn't see any of LP senator speaking for him.
Labour Party's strategy is taking political advantage of every situation

Lol... But your senators kept quiet during plenary now.... Arbi dem cellotape their mouth

Even APC/PDP northern senators all denied him... Na people like oshiomole come dey help am beg

Allow the lawmakers to speak by themselves.

Let them speakup

babajero:
The idiots called leaders in Nigeria are all demons.

What of us the masses who allow them to emerge from among us into leadership positions in the local, state and federal governments either in the legislative or executive branch? Are we more of idiots & demons or are we less of idiots & demons than the so called leaders?

Are religious, business and other leaders among the idiots and demons

Just because Pat Utomi has spoken?

All of you are bastards. This is graceful act started way back from obj era till date now is the time to atop this nonsense.

Moreso you f u c king Lule-pee(LP) motherfuckers didn't you received the money? Now coming here to talk Ningi shit all of you should return every dime you got then you can talk failure to do so thunder fire you all both Ningi, Lule-pee shit, apc, pdp, apga, sdp in those Chambers that received cash you are all thieves.

Let them senators use their mouths talk, dammit!

It came late. But still it counts. APC is evil. And must be dismantle. They have no Nigeria progress in any of their agenda. Look how the citizens are suffering. Its really sad. Power belongs to the people. This few shouldn't keep great Nigerians in perpetual agony.

VinnyBaba:

Nice one from LP.

Quite a SHAME that Akpabio has turned this Senate into a Motorpark union!!

For me, this is hypocrisy coming from LP and other political parties. They are now speaking when someone has already taken the fall.
Moreover, this statement isn't coming from the senators.

Odin13:
Labour came late.. but better late than never..

They should’ve been the party to blow the lid..

Power to the people!!

PDP!

Apc has corruption and evil embedded in the DNA of it founders

Like virus e don spread deep.. they’ve become shamelessly stupid and boldly care less about Nigerians and Nigeria

Country wey electric pole Na 181 million for one and 198 million for one borehole

Funny there’re Nigerians that cheers them... crazy!

God help Nigeria 🇳🇬

PDP and LP are not any different either.

Depriest2020:
Eye service from the labor party senators because Pat Utomi condemned your silent actions.

They should suspend all of them then.

Gbogbowa:
We in LP reject this let the senator under LP open their mouth and speak let them tell us how much they received and all they know about the padding because we can't continue this way

Yah I would love to hear them speak

₦3trn paddling!


Oh my gawd.

LP the party for dullards