A group, Arewa Defence League, has lampooned the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and northern senators for working against the interest of ordinary Nigerians through their alleged padding of the 2024 budget.
It asked President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to rise to the challenge of giving good governance to Nigeria and fighting corruption.
In a statement, the president of Arewa Defence League, Murtala Abubakar, said budget padding is not new to the Nigerian system.
“In fact, the phrase was added to Nigerian political lexicon under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari when the Senate inserted certain things which the then president said were not implementable.
“So, Senator Abdul Ningi did nothing new and wrong. Few days after his suspension which was speedily carried with a lot of parliamentary illogic, BudgiT came out with in depth fact and figures, justifying Senator Ningi’s claim,” he said, adding that the Arewa Defence League stand by the BudgiT analysis that…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
