Senator Abdul Ningi, (Bauch Central) has made a U-turn regarding some claims he made regarding the 2024 Appropriation Act.
In a chat with Senate correspondents on Monday, the Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum said he is ready to carry his cross, even if it means suspension from the Red Chamber.
Ningi clarified that he never suggested that Bola Tinubu is implementing two budgets or that he was biased against the North.
He clarified that he stands by his utterance as a Senator and not the Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, that it has been established beyond doubt that N25trn was rightly allocated in the budget, citing three parameters (money, project and location) but cannot ascertain the project location for the other N3trn.
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The Presidency had on Sunday described as false, a claim by Senator Ningi that the Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget.
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim (Ondo South) has called on the Federal Government to press charges against Senator Ningi for criminal dissemination of misinformation and disruption of order within the National Assembly, with negative consequences for the nation as a whole.
