Senate Suspends Senator Ningi For Three Months Over Budget Padding Scandal (DETAILS)

On Tuesday, the Senate suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations that the 2024 budget was padded with N3.7 trillion.

Padding the budget is an accounting strategy that entails making the budget proposal higher than the actual expenses in a fiscal year.

Mr Ningi was suspended for three months after deliberation on the house floor that turned rowdy.

Jimoh Ibrahim moved the motion to suspend Mr Ningi for 12 months for breaching the serenity of the National Assembly and misinforming the public.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who described Mr Ningi’s allegations as grievous, announced Mr Ningi’s suspension after a voice vote supporting a three-month suspension for the senator.

On Monday, Mr Ningi, a Peoples Democratic Party member and leader of the Northern Senators Caucus, alleged that the 2024 Budget was padded with an additional N3.7 trillion not traceable to any budget