Former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has said Abdul Ningi would defeat the Senate if he decides to take his suspension matter to court. The Senate on Tuesday suspended Ningi for three months ver allegations of N3.7 trillion padding of the 2024 Budget. The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District,…
Ningi has since announced his resignation as the chairman of the Northern Senators forum following his suspension. “If he decides to take that up legally, I don’t think that Senate would win in that case. The rules provide the number of days the Senator would be suspended when he breaches any of the rules of the Senate.
The Presidency and Senators described the claims as “far-fetched and unbecoming of a leader of his status”. The Federal Civil Service Pensioners Branch has called for the immediate payment of the N25,000 wage award as promised by the Federal Government. Mr Sunday Omezi, President of the association, made the request at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Omezi added that if the federal government failed to honour its promises, pensioners…
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Tinubu meets Akpabio after Ningi’s suspension from senatePresident Bola Tinubu is currently meeting Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the deputy president of the senate, Jibrin Barau and some other lawmakers at the State House in Abuja. The meeting is coming hours after Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi Central, was suspended from the senate.
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UPDATED: Alleged Budget padding: Senate suspends NingiMr Ningi, the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), recently told BBC Hausa that the lawmakers sought the service of a private auditor and discovered the budget was padded with N3 trillion.
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Ningi’s suspension: Senate would have acted differently if I were presiding officerSenator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South senatorial district, on Wednesday suggested that he would have handled the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi if he were the presiding officer of the Senate. The Senator said this while fielding questions on Arise Television's Morning Show programme on Wednesday.
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Group faults Ningi’s suspension, cautions Senate against intimidating opposition lawmakersThe group said the Senate should not have issued such a sanction to Mr Ningi on the ground that he has the constitutional right to his opinion.
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