{"id":314604,"date":"2024-03-14T18:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=314604"},"modified":"2024-03-14T18:55:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:55:06","slug":"how-its-done-shehu-sani-provides-insight-into-how-nass-lawmakers-pad-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/14\/how-its-done-shehu-sani-provides-insight-into-how-nass-lawmakers-pad-budgets\/","title":{"rendered":"How it&#8217;s done \u2013 Shehu Sani provides insight into how NASS lawmakers pad budgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The development has also led to many citizens taking out time to peruse the budget which has led to the damning discovery of how lawmakers use budgetary allocations to steal massively from the unsuspecting citizenry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has delved into the nitty gritty of how National Assembly members add fictitious or overinflated items and projects into Nigeria&#8217;s budgets.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few days, the nation\u2019s socio-political discourse has been awash with the furore at the national assembly over allegations of budget padding.<\/p>\n<p>Matters came to a head when Bauchi North senator, Abdul Ningi, alleged that about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/12\/senator-ningi-insists-2024-budget-padded-with-n3-7-trillion-says-hes-unfazed-by-suspension\/\">N3.7 trillion<\/a> in the 2024 Appropriation Act was untraceable as they are not tied to any project.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation has plunged the National Assembly, especially the Senate, into a crisis as more revelations began to emerge on how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/13\/budget-furore-why-some-senators-got-n500-million-jarigbe\/\">lawmakers received millions<\/a> and billions of naira in the name of constituency projects.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Senate on Tuesday slammed 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