Ningi: Akpabio Meets Tinubu in Villa
POLITICS DIGEST- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, and other lawmakers at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
POLITICS DIGEST reliably gathered that the meeting comes shortly after the Senate handed over a three-month suspension to the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Bauchi Central Senatorial District.
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The agenda of the meeting was not made public at the time of filing this report, but it was reliably gathered that it was not unconnected with the suspension of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator over the comment credited to him that President Tinubu is implementing a different budget from what was presented to the National Assembly.
Ningi, who chairs the Northern Senators’ Forum and Senate Committee on Population, had contended in a BBC Hausa Service interview that the Federal Government, led by Tinubu, was executing a budget significantly higher than what was passed by the NASS.
According to the lawmakers, a N25tn budget was debated and passed, not the N28.7tn that is currently being implemented.
Recall that on Monday, Ningi maintained his position that N3.7tn could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget.
Earlier today, POLITICS DIGEST also reported that at plenary, the Senate suspended Ningi for three months over his claim.
