President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Senate representatives led by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, at the State House.

The meeting is coming shortly after the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central (PDP) who recently alleged that the 2024 Budget had been padded up to the tune of ₦3 trillion.

Ningi alleged that there are two budgets in circulation and that the one currently being implemented is not the one passed by the National Assembly.

Ningi who chairs the Northern Senators’ Forum and Senate Committee on Population, had in a BBC Hausa Service interview alleged that the Federal Government, led by President Tinubu, was executing a budget significantly higher than what was passed by the NASS.

Ningi, who is the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, had alleged that the 2024 budget was padded with N3 trillion, adding that “huge damage” has been done to the north and the entire country in the budget.

According to him N25 trillion budget was debated and passed, not the N28.7 trillion that is currently being implemented.

He had said: “We have engaged consultants to review the budget for us. We have some experts that are working on it line by line.

“We have seen the huge damage that was done not only to the north but the entire country in that budget. We are supposed to sit with the senate president to inform him about what we have observed”, he said.

In a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency has described Ningi’s claims as false, insisting that Tinubu never presented a budget of N25 trillion on November 29, 2023 but N27.5 Trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly made up of N9.92 trillion recurrent expenditure, Debt Service N8.25 trillion and Capital Expenditure N8.7 trillion.

He described Ningi’s view as strange view stating that there was no way the Senate could have debated and passed a N25 trillion budget that was not presented to the National Assembly.

He had advised the ranking Senator to pay due attention to details before making wild claims.

On Monday Ningi maintained his position that N3.7 trillion could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget.

At plenary on Tuesday, the Senate suspended Ningi for three months over this claim.

While the parties called for a probe into the allegation, some northern senators disowned Ningi’s claims, saying the Bauchi State senator did not speak for them.

Didijiji:
Useless and shameless set of leaders

The most useless political party in Africa

Name one single use the APC has

bnanny:
I call on Nigerian or international investigator journalist to do underground investigation on Nigeria corruption. Just like bbc is doing. Let's see the reasons why black Nation will never progress pass retrogression. How will black progress when all the oppressor know is how to increase their foreign bank account.

Nigeria Politicians are very greedy. We the upcoming are no better, you can see it already from Yahoo Yahoo in the south while north is doing banditry killings like it's nothing.

According to him N25 trillion budget was debated and passed, not the N28.7 trillion that is currently being implemented.

Cassandraloius:
They have ulterior motives.
Believe you me!

Fibonacci88:
This too will be swept under the carpet. Maybe he wasn't carried along in d deal reason why he had to expose them. This has nothing to do with the interest of the masses

Odin13:
They don align to celebrate corruption...

Apc cartel baa?... and they know they’re evil .. catching cruise with Nigerians


Some Nigeria don already the celebrate with..

God help us .. we the citizens ..

In a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency has described Ningi’s claims as false, insisting that Tinubu never presented a budget of N25 trillion on November 29, 2023 but N27.5 Trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly made up of N9.92 trillion recurrent expenditure, Debt Service N8.25 trillion and Capital Expenditure N8.7 trillion.

He described Ningi’s view as strange view stating that there was no way the Senate could have debated and passed a N25 trillion budget that was not presented to the National Assembly.

StOla:


If only you were using your brain to reason, you would know something is wrong with Senator Ningi.

He must not be mentally alright like you who is blind to a recorded recent history.

Peakdesign23:
Weak leaders.

enemyofprogress:
Akpabio is always running to Tinubu like chicken. They are both beds of the same feathers

id4sho:

He needs Tinubu to remain on that seat

malali:
The actions of the senate show they are guilty of Senator Ningi's accusation
They are all worried, Senator Ningi took the discussion to the public domain.
Senator Nningi acussed the senate, the best thing to do is set up a fact finding committee
And then when the findings are reported action can be taken appropriately.

However, they quickly suspended him to get rid of him......lol
How is that being fair ? Akpabios senate is turning out to be one of the worst senate in the history of Nigeria

They are serving pre-arranged, pre-discussed actions. He is operating the senate like a Mafia
He is ignoring the fact that Senator Ningi was sent to senate to represent his constituency,
You cannot suspend him without evidence and due process. You have denied the Bauchi people their representation in the senate.

AKPABIO IS A CLUELESS SENATE PRESIDENT......THEY ARE RUNNING THE SENATE LIKE GANG MEMBERS