The Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months over an allegation of N3.7 trillion padded into the 2024 budget.

Ningi is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Population and represents PDP, Bauchi Central.

While the parties called for a probe into the allegation, some northern senators disowned the claims made by Ningi, saying the Bauchi State senator did not speak for them.

The Bauchi senator, however, maintained his position on Monday that N3.7tn could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget.

In the plenary on Tuesday, Senator Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Ogun West) raised a motion that there is urgent need to address the false allegation by Ningi.

Adeola, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, read the transcript of Ningi’s Hausa BBC interview on the floor of the house after Senate President Godswill Akpabio called for a committee of the whole house.

Meanwhile, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim moves for the suspension of Ningi for 12 months while adding that Senator Sumaila Kawu (Kano South, NNPP) be warned.

Senator Chris Ekpeyong (Akwa-Ibom North-West, PDP) opposed by moving a motion of amendment that it be adjusted to six months and it was seconded. Another Senator said a three-month suspension should be adopted.

Details later…

https://platinumtimes.ng/breaking-senate-habds-ningi-three-months-suspension-for-n3-7tn-budget-padding-claim/

They have turned off his mic for speaking the truth

Fight corruption and corruption will fight you back

Mr Ningi [I thought it was Nengi of bbn], chairman senate commitee on population


Statistics failed him,. Tinubu did not school him well enough

Nigerian senate, their work no much. they just live in big mansions, have computer and printer where they type papers and print it out, then go the senate chamber present one or two papers and be shouting YAYS and NAYS, monthly they will receive some monies mailed to their mail boxes

That's good, NINGI thinks he can open his mouth waaaaa because he wants to join the Atiku mega party... Efcc oya pursue him until he ends up in jail... There's no way power will go back to the North now... Tinubu no be Jonathan...

Truth is bitter. He was suspended because he exposed them. And they are yet to investigate the claims but quick to suspend him, and you believe that Nigeria is getting better? You believe that this government is fighting corruption?

Quick to act on issues that threatens them..

Imagine our national minimum wage gets swift review/conclusion like this …

Good. Fake news merchant.

Akpabio is working against Nigeria for sure!
The senator will not come out if he wasn't sure, 3.7trillion is no small money.

One would expect the Senate to employ the services of at least 3 major Auditing firm to look into the budget being implemented by Tinubu.

But once again the Senate under akpabio has proven that it should not be trusted, but what would you expect from a man that went to a burial ceremony to beg for relevance with PO and throw political jabs at a sitting governor.

Wigwe's family should have chased him out of the funeral though, because that's what I would do!

hmm

Shame shame shame

But was he lying?

The senate leader agreed he got 500m by implication

He said let’s wait and see if any senator doesn’t do constituency projects worth 500m. It’s a cesspool. His crime was revealing their crime

Scrap this Senate and Nigeria problem is half solved.

Suspend him for saying the truth What a country!!

Na dem dem

Nigeria is not for the weak. Meanwhile, I sell luxury vintage shirts, rated number one in the whole world. See my profile for details

He should be arrested and not just suspended. How could he decide to deceive over 200m people.

hmmm just for saying the truth

Scape goat,as if they're not all aware of the dealings.

BlackyOne:
Akpabio is working against Nigeria for sure!

Was it Akpabio that suspended him?

Àwọn bunch of weray....

Basket mouth don enter hand

Akpabio is next

APC is the party of corrupt politicians
They are the weapon fashioned against Nigeria

This is Nigeria.

Useless people una Nyansh don open wah. That's what they will always do denial Useless Akpabio and cohorts.

Waiting to see how they would suspend his mouth. No hiding place for looters.

Tinubu is determined to loot Nigeria the same way he looted Lagos

One would have expected that a thorough and forensic investigation of the allegation is first considered before swiftly wielding the big hammer.

The issue is too controversial and of immense public interest than to be 'killed and buried' with a hurried suspension of the ' whistle blower '

Can we just nuke the house when they're sitting? it's off used to Nigerians.