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Senate Suspends Senator Abdul Ningi For Budget Padding Allegations
Ningi had on Monday said he was ready to carry his cross, even if it means suspension from the upper legislative chamber.
Abuja, Nigeria– The Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months following his explosive allegations of budget padding by his colleagues.
A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Jimoh Ibrahim, first moved the motion for Ningi’s suspension for 12 months over allegations of criminal misinformation and breach of peace in the National Assembly and the country by extension.
However, other lawmakers like Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong moved for the amendment of the motion by Ibrahim. Ekpenyong, who is from Cross River South Senatorial District, prayed for the reduction of the suspension.
Ningi had claimed that the Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget and that the N28.7 trillion Budget passed and signed into law by President Bola Tinubu was skewed against the North.
Many Senators and the Presidency had pounced on Ningi, describing his claims as “far-fetched and unbecoming of a leader of his status”.
Ningi would later deny saying that the country is operating two budgets but insisted that only N25trn of the budget was tied to projects while N3.7trn had no project tied to it.
Ningi had on Monday said he was ready to carry his cross, even if it means suspension from the upper legislative chamber.
