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Despite his recent suspension, Senator Abdul Ningi may be back in the Senate soon.

According to sources, the three-month suspension imposed on the former majority leader over allegations of padding the 2024 budget by N3.7 trillion may be reviewed.

The Senate, under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, suspended the Bauchi lawmaker amid the controversy.

Daily Trust reports that there has been pressure on the Akpabio-led Senate to revisit its action deemed unfair in some quarters.


One of the sources said the issue, which culminated in Ningi’s suspension, “is being resolved amicably.”


He said the suspended senator might be reinstated at any time “if he tenders a public apology to the Senate.”

His words: “The N3.7 trillion that was mentioned represents the budget of government-owned enterprises (GOEs), and they are expected to come to the Senate to defend their budget because the details are not always in the entire estimate. So, where is the budget padding allegation coming from?

“The budget was prepared by the Executive. The House of Representatives plays more of role in scrutinizing the budget, so where’s this allegation coming from if not because some people felt they should be the President of the Senate and not Senator Akpabio?

“There was also the allocation for Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs) for of the National Assembly for their constituencies. The money is not being released to any lawmaker, but this is in the form of projects for their constituencies.”

Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/senate-to-reinstate-ningi-as-akpabio-comes-under-pressure-after-bauchi-senators-suspension/

Ningi was suspended for 3 month

Akpabio should be very careful.... The very people he's leading and getting counsel from, will be the same people that will throw him down.


Not to corruption, but the senate will always include their projects on the budget.

Like I keep saying, a la should be made to checkmate how the project is carried out and anyone faulting should be suspended.

AKPABIO IF YOU WANT TO LAST IN THIS SENATE PRESIDENCY.
GET A GOOD COUNSEL, ALWAYS GET OTHER SENATORS TO DO YOUR DIRTY JOB.
NEXT TIME GET OTHER SENATORS TO RECOMMEND 12 MONTHS SUPENSION
AND YOU SHOULD BE SEEN (AS THE PEACEMAKER) PLEADING FOR A SHORTER TIME....3 MONTHS.

YOU SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN TO BE THE AGGRESSOR.
LEARN FROM JAGABAN

JAGABAN HAS MADE MANY DRASTIC POLICIES, BUT HE IS BLAMING IT ON BUHARI'S REGIME.

nonsense

How a criminal who has a pending corruption case with the EFCC became the Senate president is baffling thinking that he achieved this without even contesting for the election shows how useless the country is.

JASONjnr:
Akpabio should be very careful.... The very people he's leading and getting counsel from, will be the same people that will throw him down.


Not to corruption, but the senate will always include their projects on the budget.

Like I keep saying, a la should be made to checkmate how the project is carried out and anyone faulting should be suspended.

Who will make that law?

They waited for days to come up with words and cover their errors
Lol it's not new to us anymore we know all this even the bugdet money, .
Na the people weh get senior ogas for back they get the big cut

North roared at Tunubu and he begged.

Fear north

Senator Akpabio Foolishness & Stupidity is Out of This World,
So Senseless, Foolish, Corrupt, Stupid, Playful, Unserious, insensitive, Lousy,

Anybody that thinks Tinubu is not in of Akpabio's corruption in the senate is only trying to downplay Tinubu's for corruption.

Tinubu desperately wanted Akpabio as senate president because of his track record in corrupt practices, so whatever you are seeing Akpabio do, Tinubu is in full

So if he apologise, it shows he was at fault abi
Lol

Rubbish talk. Senators should have no right whatsoever to suspend their colleague who doesn't agree with them. The Nigerian Senate can be likened to a gang of criminals who take severe actions against those that go against the group. This should not be so as the senators are meant to have full allegiance to their constituencies not the Senate president or the executive.

malali:
AKPABIO IF YOU WANT TO LAST IN THIS SENATE PRESIDENCY.
GET A GOOD COUNSEL, ALWAYS GET OTHER SENATORS TO DO YOUR DIRTY JOB.
NEXT TIME GET OTHER SENATORS TO RECOMMEND 12 MONTHS SUPENSION
AND YOU SHOULD BE SEEN PLEADING FOR A SHORTER TIME....3 MONTHS.

YOU SHOULD NEVER BE SEEN TO BE THE AGGRESSOR.
LEARN FROM JAGABAN

JAGABAN HAS MADE MANY DRASTIC POLICIES, BUT HE IS BLAMING IT ON BUHARI'S REGIME.

Hahaha 🤣, LoL at blaming it on Buhari

See the country we live in?

Where are those people that rushed to form southern senators forum? They didn’t see any need for a southern senators forum until one of their own was exposed.

If na me the Ningi I would still stand by what I said. I would even demand an apology from those that sponsored/ed my suspension from the senate.

Kosiso12:


His words: “The N3.7 trillion that was mentioned represents the budget of government-owned enterprises (GOEs), and they are expected to come to the Senate to defend their budget because the details are not always in the entire estimate. So, where is the budget padding allegation coming from?

“The budget was prepared by the Executive. The House of Representatives plays more of role in scrutinizing the budget, so where’s this allegation coming from if not because some people felt they should be the President of the Senate and not Senator Akpabio?

“There was also the allocation for Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs) for of the National Assembly for their constituencies. The money is not being released to any lawmaker, but this is in the form of projects for their constituencies.”

GOEs coming to defend a budget that has been signed by the president & is currently being implemented?😂😂😂 chai

So they are trying to bring in the House of Representatives since HOR wasn’t mentioned. We know it’s both houses that worked on the budget. Just answer the padding question first.

Which money hasn’t been released? Where did they get money to share which some bragged they got N1billion while one quoted a line from the book Animal Farm even as he acknowledged receipt of his large- than-others share?😂

Those ing these shey una Dey see? Continue.

If I’m Ningi I won’t apologize, make them go sleep

Nobody cares

Akpabio is a criminal, they hurriedly suspended him so that he doesn’t expose their dirty linings, so that by the time he’s back into the chamber nobody would the allegations again, several other ridiculous things would have happened and Nigerians for who they are should have forgotten that over 3 trillions was padded to the national budget


Shameless lots

PointZerom:


How a criminal who has a pending corruption case with the EFCC became the Senate president is baffling thinking that he achieved this without even contesting for the election shows how useless the country is.

Governance in Nigeria at all levels have been effectively hijacked by criminals and the docile elites and citizens today are paying the price of their years of political apathy.

His suspension should be final, heaven will not fall.
Situations where northerners shamelessly quick to fight and prioritise northern interests, truly make the country a mere geographical expression and not a country, why taking so long deceiving ourselves keeping a nonproductive fragmented country?

DrAkpamudehe:

North roared at Tunubu and he begged.

Fear north

it seems that this Northern Nigeria is stronger
than Britain in the control of Nigeria
even tinubu reverse sanctions on Niger the brother of the north

🤣 until he is reinstated, I have no comment but laughs.

Those who leaving in glass house don't throws stones

He is a senator, part and parcels of the house

Honorable member of the red chamber

So he had the privileges of finding out

And getting the right information about the budgets.

meum:
See the country we live in?

Where are those people that rushed to form southern senators forum? They didn’t see any need for a southern senators forum until one of their own was exposed.

If na me the Ningi I would still stand by what I said. I would even demand an apology from those that sponsored/ed my suspension from the senate.



GOEs coming to defend a budget that has been signed by the president & is currently being implemented?😂😂😂 chai

So they are trying to bring in the House of Representatives since HOR wasn’t mentioned. We know it’s both houses that worked on the budget. Just answer the padding question first.

Which money hasn’t been released? Where did they get money to share which some bragged they got N1billion while one quoted a line from the book Animal Farm even as he acknowledged receipt of his large- than-others share?😂

Those ing these shey una Dey see? Continue.

If this report is coming from the Senate, then nobody should expect any reasonable thing from this people. They are lowest of the lows masquerading as distinguished. They can't even form a response to allegations hanging around them.

The whole report is filled with childish contradictory arguments

And seunmsg was capping lol. Pressure really dey on presido

BabaO2:
His suspension should be final, heaven will not fall.
Situations where northerners shamelessly quick to fight and prioritise northern interests, truly make the country a mere geographical expression and not a country, why taking so long deceiving ourselves keeping a nonproductive fragmented country?

What about the padded budget? What do we do to those criminals?


All attempt to turn this to North vs South will be resisted