Mr 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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Mr Ningi, the Chairperson of the Northern Senators Forum , recently told BBC Hausa that the lawmakers sought the service of a private auditor and discovered irregularities in the budget. “As chairman of the Appropriation and for what has transpired in the last few days, my privilege has been breached.
He said, “Notes that following the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N27.
Mr Olamilekan submitted to the Senate a voice recording documented in a flash drive and a transcript of the interview granted by Mr Ningi to the BBC. “Take further necessary steps to correct the wrong impression in public domain of 2024 budget created by the BBC interview and other national media houses and social media platforms by Senator Abdul Ningi and amplified by Senator Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu through his Facebook account and other social media platforms; and
“Fair hearing is a fundamental human right enshrined in our constitution. It will be fair to give him time to defend himself,” Mr Aliero said.Responding to the transcript, Mr Ningi said he never told any media organisation that the budget was padded. “We discovered an array of anomalies of repetition. We discovered repetition of senatorial districts. Some senatorial districts have billions and my own senatorial district has just N2 billion, some N120 billion, some N50 billion, some N30 billion and some have less than N1 billion,” he added.Many of the senators who contributed to the issue backed the call for the Senate to take appropriate measures against Mr Ningi for the allegation.
“By parliamentary standards, we have the right to determine the budget. We have the right to determine the right to pass the budget. We have the right to determine the parameters of passing the budget.Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, urged the Senate to sanction Mr Ningi for the allegation.
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