ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The representative of Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Senator Abdul Ningi, has retracted some claims he made on the 2024 Appropriation Act.
The Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum backpedalled while briefing newsmen on the statement credited to him.
According to him, he was ready to carry his cross, even if it meant suspension from the Red Chamber.
Ningi said he never suggested that President Bola Tinubu is implementing two budgets or that he was biassed against the North.
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He stated that he stands by his utterance as a senator and not as the Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum.
Ningi also noted that it has been established beyond doubt that N25 trillion was rightly allocated in the budget.
He cited three parameters: money, project and location, but cannot ascertain the project location for the other N3 trillion.