Budget padding: Pressure mounts on Senate, Akpabio over Ningi's suspension

  • The Senate and its leadership are under immense pressure following Senator Abdul Ningi’s suspension from the Red Chamber
  • His suspension was followed by claims about budget padding, which implicated the entire upper chamber of the National Assembly
  • Meanwhile, there are agitations by indigenes of Bauchi state demanding that the lawmaker’s suspension be reversed

Legit.ng journalist Segun Adeyemi has over 9 years of experience covering political events, civil societies, courts, and metro

A gathering of Bauchi State natives convened in Abuja to discuss matters concerning the state’s progress.