Budget padding: Tinubu backs Ningi’s suspension, says senator doesn’t understand arithmetic
President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the allegation of budget padding by Bauchi senator, Senator Abdul Ningi.
President Tinubu said that those alleging malicious embellishment of the 2024 budget do not understand its arithmetic.
Tinubu said he knew the arithmetic of the numbers that he brought to the Senate, when he presented the 2024 budget and also knew what he got back, when it was passed.
The president, however, assured Nigerians that the current security and economic challenges facing the country would soon become a thing of the past, confident the nation would surmount her challenges.
Speaking at a special Iftar with the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and other senators at the State House, Abuja, the president addressed the lingering allegation of budget padding for the first time since the news became topical.
Appreciating the Senate for its works, particularly the passage of the Students Loan Bill, the president told the leadership of the Senate that the integrity of the National Assembly must remain intact and that his administration would always encourage cooperation for the advancement of the nation.