Alleged Budget Padding: More northern senators disown Ningi, say he’s on his own

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He said two budgets were in operation and that one of them passed by the National Assembly was N25 trillion while the second one being implemented by the federal government was N28 trillion and therefore, had been padded with N3 trillion. Reacting to the allegation, the seven senators explained that Mr Ningi’s comment was his personal opinion and not the position of members of the Northern Senators Forum.“To the best of our knowledge, there was no budget padding, whatsoever that was done to the 2024 budget. The assertion by Senator Ningi that certain things were done to the bill is his personal opinion. It is not the view of the generality of us, the senators.

The Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, and the presidency, in separate statements, also debunked the claim of budget padding by the NSF chairperson.

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