Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, has challenged the Senate President Godswill Akpabio over his take-home pay, saying it’s not identified.
Ningi spoke on Tuesday whereas defending his finances padding allegation on the ground of the Senate.
The senator had earlier alleged that the 2024 finances was padded to the tune of N3.7 trillion.
Ningi is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Inhabitants. He’s additionally the Chairman of the Northern Senators Discussion board.
Though he was to make a presentation on the finances padding allegation, Ningi veered off, telling the Senate President he doesn’t understand how a lot he (Akpabio ) and different principal officers earn in a month.
He mentioned: “We found, some senatorial districts on this paperwork have as much as N120 billion and my senatorial district has simply N1.2 billion.
“Mr President on this finances introduced to you, I’ve info, constituency by constituency. Some N120 billion, some N50 billion; some N30 billion. Some have lower than N1 billion.
“Mr President as I converse to you, I don’t know your take-home pay, you already know my very own. I don’t know the take-home pay of any of the opposite principal officers.
“My President, I do know inside budgetary provisions, you made accessible funds for buy of automobiles. Mr President, I don’t understand how a lot you made in your automobiles and principals officers. I understand how a lot was made for particular person senator’s automobiles.
“As I converse to you, persons are calling me names, I didn’t obtain a single automobile.
“All throughout the finances provisions, Mr President, I’ve as a matter of reality, 5 aides identical to different senators however I don’t know what number of aides you could have or the what number of the Deputy Senate President has.”
