The Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Abdul Ningi, has denied claims of saying that the 2024 budget was padded.
According to CHANNELS TELEVISION reports, On Monday, Ningi noted that the National Assembly padded the 2024 budget with a whooping sum of N3tn.
At a press conference on Monday in Abuja, the lawmaker said he never said that the president was running two budgets but that there was N3.7tn yet to be accounted for.
Following this, Senator Ningi during the Senate open session in Abuja, on Tuesday, March 12, described all the comments attributed to him as fake.
He said, “I have never said somebody was blinded. Secondly, I have never said the budget was padded.
“Let me concur to about 80 per cent of the translation read out by Senator Yayi. I think they have done a fair job, except on some issues they could not understand.
“The beginning of this brouhaha started with this text. Senator Abdu Ningi is purported to be the author of this document. Let me for the avoidance of doubt, I have never issued a statement of this nature to anybody anywhere and anytime.
“I want members of this Senate to record it, this is a fake observation that was forwarded, I do not know the author of this.”
