Budget Padding: Suswam denies Ningi’s allegations over 2024 budget

The former governor of Benue State, Senator Gabriel Suswam, has insisted that there was no padding in the 2024 Budget signed by President Bola Tinubu,

Speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday, Suswam said the budget signed by the President was not more than the initial submission, there was no padding.

Suswam submitted, “The issue is that the leadership of the National Assembly normally takes the lion’s share of constituency projects, and this agitates most members and senators.”

Senator Ningi, was on Tuesday at the resumed plenary of the Red Chamber under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio suspended over allegations that the 2024 budget was padded.

In an interview with the BBC Hausa, Ningi alleged that the Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget and that the N28.7 trillion Budget passed and signed into law by President Tinubu was skewed against the North.

Senator Abdul Ningi had alleged that the Senate padded the 2024 budget to the tune of N3.7 trillion, thereby, making the 2024 Budget a subject of controversy