The Nigerian Northern Governors, Others, Seriously Mounting Pressure On Tinubu To Remove budget Padding scandalous Akpabio As Senate President.
In the midst of the N3.7 trillion budget padding scandal, Northern Governors and Other Stakeholders Put Pressure On Tinubu To Remove Akpabio As Senate President –Sources
Peoplesmind has learned that President Bola Tinubu is under pressure from northern governors and other stakeholders to ensure Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s ouster or suffer severe political repercussions.
Peoplesmind also learned that President Tinubu was beginning to feel the heat from the political scene due to Ningi’s suspension.
Leading aides to the National Assembly informed peoplesmind that Senate President Akpabio had underestimated the intensity surrounding the budget padding controversy.
“Beyond what Akpabio had predicted, the suspension of Senator Ningi is intensifying the political climate in Nigeria. President Tinubu is starting to feel the heat.
“What Akpabio and his group accomplished in the National Assembly has President Tinubu upset. A source told zolexreporters that Tinubu is under pressure from northern governors to fire Akpabio or risk a civil war.
On behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ningi of the Bauchi Central Senatorial District recently claimed that ₦3.7 trillion had been added to the 2024 budget.
The lawmaker said that rather than using the National Assembly’s approved budget, the Senate leadership had bloated the one that is now in effect.
The claim incited fury from the public, but the member maintained that the N3.7 trillion could not be justified in the budget for 2024.
There are two budgets in circulation, he claimed, and the one being implemented right now isn’t the one approved by the National Assembly.
In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Ningi said that President Tinubu’s administration was carrying out a budget that was far larger than what the National Assembly had approved.
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