The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has assured the Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi that he’s not alone in his battle. Ningi was suspended from the Senate for three months after raising an allegation of budget padding. In an interview with BBC, Ningi had claimed that N3.7 trillion could not be traced to any project in ...
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Mr Umeh Kalu (SAN), Counsel to the Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that the decision and resolution to suspend Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi) was that of the Senate sitting in plenary and not that of Akpabio. Kalu stated this in a letter to Human Rights Lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) titled: “Re: Request to Lift the Suspension of Sen. Abdul ...
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The Senate will on resumption respond to Senator Abdul Ningi’s letter seeking a recall from his three-month suspension. Committee on Media and Public Affairs Chairman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, said last night that the Senate was still on Easter and Eid break. The Senate on March 12 suspended Ningi after he accused the leadership of padding the 2024 budget by N3.7 ...
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Senstor Abdul Ahmed Ningi, through his lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has requested reinstatement to the senate. Ningi, representing the Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended on March 12, 2024, by the senate for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded with N3 trillion. Ningi, in a letter through Falana, accused the Senate President Godswill Akpabio of violating his client’s fundamental ...
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The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has condemned the suspension of the immediate past Chairman of Northern Senators Forum, Sen Abdul Ninigi, by the Senate, saying the interests of the North are at stake. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba, explained that the Senate ought to have investigated the issues raised by the senator to ...
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has called for a thorough investigation into the allegation of budget padding to the tune of N3.7 trillion raised by suspended Bauchi Central senator, Abdul Ningi. Atiku said Ningi’s suspension can’t silence the allegation of fiscal corruption in the Senate. Posting on X, the former Vice President said ...
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is calling for an independent investigation into the alleged insertion of N3.7 trillion into the 2024 budget for non-existent projects while also demanding that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, step aside immediately to ensure a fair investigation. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, made the party’s position public in Abuja on Wednesday. ...
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Suspended Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi, has alleged that the Senate is trying to silence or get him arrested for exposing the alleged padding of the 2024 appropriation budget to the tune of N3.7 trillion. The Senate had suspended Ningi for three months for claiming that projects worth N3.7 trillion in the 2024 budget were untraceable. But appearing on Arise ...
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, said the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi by the Senate has not addressed vital issues in the allegation of the lawmaker. Obi stated this in a statement via his X handle on Wednesday. The fuss over the alleged N3 trillion padded into the 2024 budget raised by a Senator still rages ...
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The Senate has suspended the former Senate Deputy Leader and Chairman, Northern Senators Forum, NSF, Senator Abdul Ningi, PDP, Bauchi Central for three months, asking him not to participate in all the activities of the 10th Senate. The Senate also resolved that if Senator Ningi writes to apologise during the period, he shall be recalled to resume his legislative activities. ...
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