₦airaland Forum

We're learning new words and phrases everyday, courtesy of our vibrant democracy. The current one is Budget Padding.
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The fight of the padding too is getting interesting by the day. I am always wondering what is giving this Jibrin of a man the confidence to take on a fight with giants who've padded themselves to the size of elephants. Could he be innocent, guilty, or is he the scapegoat that refused to be sacrificed?
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We haven't had the last of this padding business. But that's an aside. My point here is: Let's have a fun at this padding people.
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I saw Dogara's house which he bought with the padded money. It was an ugly house - at least from its outside look. I start with this: 'I won't pad the budget to buy that house. Dogara should be punished doubly - for padding the budget and buying an ugly house.'
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Ladies and gentlemen, let's have your padding jokes.

Really Padding is a new word in Nigeria politics.
Book of padding chapter one verse one says, "for ye shall pad the budget and expect thy grace to be abundant?"

Awa legislooters have become women; they pad everything.

Padding of the budget...ko le werk!

What sayest Fayose about budget and other padding related businesses? Or, is it only Buhari he is seeing under his bed. Saraki and Ekweremadu too seem not to know the meaning of padding.

what other proof do we need to know Buhari's mission is real? word of the year is padding.

OP, as I saw your heading, a new word came to me 'iPadding' of the budget.

lordizak:
what other proof do we need to know Buhari's mission is real? word of the year is padding.

And the Nairaland picture of the year is that Zuma picture. So, legislators and padding be like 5 and ....

ok

omogidi234:
OP, as I saw your heading, a new word came to me 'iPadding' of the budget.

Hmm, "iPadding" is a good word. Like budget padding, iPads too are not for the common man. But hope you're not looking for trouble. My hand no dey oo!