To start with, Ningi is not just a senator. He is a ranking Senator with vast experience in legislative business.
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Senator Ningi had claimed that the 2024 budget was padded with N3.7 trillion by the leadership of the Senate.
They warned against what they described as the antics of blackmailers bent on creating crisis in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations chaired by Senator Jubril Barau while the Minister appeared before the Panel.
Owasanoye gave this warning during a meeting with the Forum of Directors of Finance of Federal Hospitals convened by the Budget Office of the Federation to review a position paper presented by the Forum on the challenges of the implementation of the 2021 Budget in Abuja.
The affected officer and three others linked with the fraud were said to be on secondment from the OAGF, headed by Ahmed Idris, to the Office of the SDGs, under the Presidency.
Jovita Keleze, Deputy Director, Legislative Matters, Enugu State House of Assembly, has urged legislators in both national and state houses of assembly to guard against budget padding.
The party said this against the backdrop of the declaration of interest by Saraki to contest the 2019 presidential on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party
This was contained in the letter dated March 24, 2017 and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale
The lawmaker, who had a running battle with Jibrin since the budget padding allegations, threatened that there will be “no hiding place for Jibrin”
Investigation by the Economic Intelligence magazine indicated that the officials, who were sanctioned by their deployment outside the Federal Ministry of Finance, have since resumed duties in the same Ministry without the highly publicized punishment Buhari vowed, while speaking to Nigerians resident in Saudi Arabia
It would be recalled that Jibrin, the former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, accused the leadership of the National Assembly of padding the 2016 budget
The speaker said this in his remarks while welcoming members back to plenary after their recess that lasted eight weeks
He said: “Most importantly, to ensure that a very comprehensive reform is carried out in the House of Representatives, clean up the budgeting system and the activities of the house in terms of oversight and investigation
Jibrin, representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State, urged the court to set aside the decision of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, and Uzoma Abonta pending the determination of the case
Rep. Abdulmumuni Jibrin was at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday with a retinue of lawyers and aides to answer questions by the committee