AFRIQUECAN: THE Senate Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7 trillion padding of the 2024 Budget.
Ningi had claimed in an interview that the Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget, claiming that the N28.7 trillion Budget passed and signed into law by President Bola Tinubu was skewed against the North.
The lawmaker (PDP), representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, is suspended for three months.
Jimoh Ibrahim, a member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate,
first moved the motion for Ningi’s suspension.
Ibrahim asked that Ningi be suspended for 12 months for alleged criminal misinformation and breach of peace in the National Assembly and the country by extension.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio described Ningi’s offences as “grievous”.
Akpabio later conducted a voice vote, leading to Ningi’s suspension for three months.
