{"id":314138,"date":"2024-03-12T07:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=314138"},"modified":"2024-03-12T07:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:18:22","slug":"my-remarks-misconstrued-i-didnt-accuse-tinubu-of-budget-padding-senator-ningi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/12\/my-remarks-misconstrued-i-didnt-accuse-tinubu-of-budget-padding-senator-ningi\/","title":{"rendered":"My remarks misconstrued, I didn&#8217;t accuse Tinubu of budget padding \u2013 Senator Ningi"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He said his statements were thoroughly misrepresented and was surprised by the twist of events<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi Central) says his claim of secret addition of N3 trillion to the 2024 budget was misconstrued.<\/p>\n<p>Ningi had on Saturday, during an interview with BBC Hausa, disclosed that there are some lines of item in the budget that were not added during the passage of this year&#8217;s appropriation bill but secretly included after the budget had been passed.<\/p>\n<p>Ningi, who spoke under the auspices of the Northern Senators\u2019 Forum, claimed that the National Assembly passed N25 trillion as 2024 budget and not the N28.7 trillion that was being implemented by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with newsmen on Monday, Ningi said he did not accuse president Bola Tinubu of operating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/10\/northern-senators-raise-alarm-over-secret-n3-trillion-added-to-2024-budget\/\">two different budgets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said his statements were thoroughly misrepresented and was surprised by the twist of events.<\/p>\n<p>Ningi further said that he was not representing the Northern Senators Forum as reported, but spoke in his personal capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the press release I saw in the media yesterday, I am taken aback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time did I say Bola Tinubu was implementing two budgets. There was no time. At no time did I say Bola Tinubu was biased against the north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time did I say Bola Tinubu is implementing a N25 trillion budget. There is no way I will talk about N25 trillion and N28 trillion,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Ningi\u2019s interview on Sunday in Abuja, the presidency dismissed his claims as unfortunate, coming from a high-ranking senator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no truth whatsoever in the allegation made by Sen. Ningi that President Tinubu is operating two budgets for 2024,\u2019\u2019 Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, stated.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that on November 29, 2023, President Tinubu presented a budget of N27.5 trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The budget was made up of N9.92 trillion recurrent expenditure; debt servicing of N8.25 trillion and capital expenditure of N8.7 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to the strange view expressed by Sen. Ningi, there was no way the Senate could have debated and passed a N25 Trillion budget that was not presented to the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not expect a ranking senator not to pay due attention to details before making wild claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also important to let Nigerians know that the budget that President Tinubu signed into law on Jan. 1, 2024 as passed by the National Assembly was N28.7 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Assembly, in its wisdom, increased the amount proposed by the Executive by N1.2 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the spirit of democracy which allows give and take, President Tinubu did not withhold his assent to the Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly,\u2019\u2019 Onanuga added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He said his statements were thoroughly misrepresented and was surprised by the twist of events Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi Central) says his claim of secret addition of N3 trillion to the 2024 budget was misconstrued. 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