Adeola (APC, Ogun West) raised a motion that there was an urgent need to address the false allegation by Ningi.
Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate was thrown into a rowdy session on Tuesday over allegation of budget padding to the tune of N3.7trillion by Senator Abdul Ningi.
SaharaReporters had reported that Ningi, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Population and represents, PDP Bauchi Central last week raised the alarm that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the presidency padded the budget currently implemented against the budget passed by the chamber.
It had been reported that there had been an outburst over the revelation from Nigerians.
The Bauchi senator, however, maintained his position on Monday that N3.7trillion could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget.
However, at the plenary on Tuesday, a commotion ensued after a senator raised an order that Senator Olamilekan Adeola presented the budget padding issue and needed no back and forth on it.
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.
Adeola (APC, Ogun West) raised a motion that there was an urgent need to address the false allegation by Ningi.
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.
