The Senate, on Tuesday, witnessed a rowdy session as it debated over claims of budget padding raised by Senator Abdul Ningi. The alleged padding of the 2024 National Appropriation Act to the tune of N3.7 trillion has raised doubts over the integrity of Nigeria's National Assembly.
The Senate , on Tuesday, witnessed a rowdy session as it debated over claims of budget padding raised by Senator Abdul Ningi. Nigeria 's National Assembly , especially the upper house, the Senate , has become synonymous with controversy. Since the return of democratic dispensation from military rule in 1999, the nation's legislative arm has always been in the news for one wrong reason or the other. For the 10th National Assembly , the story has not changed either.
The latest being the alleged padding of the 2024 National Appropriation Act to the tune of N3.7 trillion. Although the allegation has been dismissed as being untrue both by the presidency and the legislative arm of the government, the development has unearthed non transparent and unjustified financial allocations to the National Assembly, thus further casting doubts over its integrity. As the controversy raged, a revelation equally emerged that some Senators reportedly got N500m each from the 2024 budge
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