{"id":315642,"date":"2024-03-22T09:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=315642"},"modified":"2024-03-22T09:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:07:03","slug":"tinubu-to-senators-budget-padding-critics-lack-arithmetic-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/22\/tinubu-to-senators-budget-padding-critics-lack-arithmetic-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu To Senators: Budget Padding Critics Lack Arithmetic Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He reiterated that killers of slain soldiers\u2019ll not go unpunished<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The President also affirmed that the military would continue to enjoy the support of his administration in neutralising security threats across the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Despite recent accusations of budget padding, President Bola Tinubu assured the 10th Senate leadership on Thursday that the National Assembly&#8217;s integrity remains intact.<\/p>\n<p>He declared that for the benefit of the country, his administration will always support collaboration between the executive and judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by Tinubu during a dinner he hosted for the Senate leadership on Thursday at the State House in Abuja to break the Ramadan fast.<\/p>\n<p>Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement released in the early hours of Friday titled \u2018President Tinubu: We will not allow anyone to undermine our security; killers of soldiers in Delta State will face certain justice.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP) had alleged that the Tinubu-led government is implementing a budget other than the one approved on January 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Ningi, who chaired the Northern Senators\u2019 Forum and Senate Committee on Population, had contended in a BBC Hausa Service interview that a N25tn budget was debated and passed, not the N28.7tn that is currently being implemented.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that N3.7tn could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget.<\/p>\n<p>However, at plenary on March 12, the Senate suspended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/12\/breaking-senate-suspends-bauchi-senator-abdul-ningi-over-budget-padding-claim\/\"><strong>Senator Ningi<\/strong><\/a> for three months over this claim.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the allegations for the first time in public, Tinubu said, \u201cI know the arithmetic of the budget and the numbers that I brought to the National Assembly, and I know what numbers came back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate all of you for the expeditious handling of the budget. Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are talking about malicious embellishment in the budget; they did not understand the arithmetic and did not refer to the baseline of what I brought. But your integrity is intact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/21\/tinubu-endorses-sustainability-reporting-initiative-for-investment-promotion\/\"><strong>Tinubu<\/strong><\/a> thanked the lawmakers, adding that Nigerians are at the \u201cturning corner\u201d of the economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe natural challenge we are facing will be over. On the current economic difficulty, we are about turning the corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur revenue has improved. All we have to do is to control expenditures and manage ourselves better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLight is at the end of the tunnel, and Nigerians will soon smile again,\u201d the President affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also thanked members of the National Assembly for the speedy attention given to the Student Loan Amendment Bill, urging more tolerance, forgiveness, and charity during Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>He said the perpetrators of the killing of soldiers in Delta State will face certain justice, warning that his administration will not tolerate attacks on the military and security infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The President also affirmed that the military would continue to enjoy the support of his administration in neutralising security threats across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur armed forces are working hard, and we will not allow attackers to undermine the integrity and value of our armed forces and its leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to encourage and fight for our sovereignty, our individual rights to exist, and we will succeed in banishing poverty from our land,\u2019\u2019 the President stated.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, thanked the President for hosting the lawmakers, noting that regular interactions would enhance understanding and productive governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe bring you greetings from the 10th senate. We bring you assurances of continuous collaboration because we believe strongly that for us to have two brothers from the National Assembly as President and Vice-President, and even the Chief of Staff as our member, we have no option but to work with you, and to do everything possible for this administration to succeed,\u2019\u2019 said Akpabio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He reiterated that killers of slain soldiers\u2019ll not go unpunished The President also affirmed that the military would continue to enjoy the support of his administration in neutralising security threats across the country. 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