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The lawmaker representing the Bauchi Central Senatorial District of Bauchi State, Senator Abdu Ningi, has been suspended for three months over a false claim that the 2024 budget was padded.
Senator Ningi on Monday in a Press Conference told a journalist that he never said that the president was running two budgets, adding that N3.7tn is yet to be accounted for.
While other senators, including the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen Olamileken Adeola (Ogun West) called for a probe, some northern senators disowned Ningi, distancing themselves from the comments made by the Bauchi senator.
Premium Politics reported that the Ondo South Senatorial Representative, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has moved a motion for the suspension of Senator Ningi for 12 months.
However, Ningi’s colleague moved a motion to amend the proposed suspension from 12 to six months. this was followed by another amendment which pushed for a reduced suspension of three months.
After the amended motion for three months suspension was seconded, the lawmakers agreed that Ningi be suspended.
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