The Senate, under the leadership of Godswill Akpabio, has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, for three months over budget padding allegations.
Sen. Ningi was suspended after he accused the National Assembly of padding the 2024 N28.7 trillion budget. Ningi claimed that the initial budget for 2024 is N25trn but the Federal Government manipulated it to N28.7trn.
He stated, "For the first time in Nigerian history, today we are operating two different budgets. One budget was approved by the National Assembly and signed by President Bola Tinubu and the one was implemented by the presidency.
The one approved by us is N25trn while the one operating by the Federal Government is N28trn"
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio demanded that Sen. Ningi tenders an apology letter to the Senate for spreading false information about the country, after which the Senate will decide whether to lift the suspension or not.