Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday decried the funds padding allegation rocking the Senate.
Oshiomhole lamented that the Senate has been striped bare available in the market place.
He spoke on the ground of the Senate whereas contributing to the controversy on the N3.7 trillion funds allegation raised by Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi.
Ningi, who’s the Chairman of Northern Senators Discussion board, had alleged that the Nationwide Meeting debated and handed N25 trillion as 2024 funds and never the N28.7 trillion that’s being applied by the Federal Authorities.
He made the allegation whereas talking in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service.
In keeping with Oshiomhole: “We’ve been stripped bare available in the market place, so we are able to’t now wrap it up prefer it’s nothing
“He has made credible contributions on this Senate so I believe he can nonetheless treatment it having agreed that one thing went flawed.
“What was the determine within the Appropriation Invoice that was permitted? Anyone answered N28 billion, due to this fact, any suggestion that it was N25 billion is solely a lie.
“The issue of attempting to defend a lie is that it’s a must to follow extra lies to defend lies
“Ningi has an obligation to his kids that he won’t be the person reported within the media as saying what just isn’t true.”
