“I know the arithmetic of the budget and the numbers that I brought to the National Assembly, and I know what numbers came back,” said Mr Tinubu.
Mr Tinubu had asked the National Assembly to amend the 2023 Appropriation Act to allow for an extension in implementing capital projects.
Mr Yusuf said such allegations should be premised on painstaking study, empirical facts and evidence.
Mr Akintola stated this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to the allegation of padding of the 2024 appropriation bill against the Senate.
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The PDP noted that Mr Ningi’s suspension was a desperate move to suppress investigation, conceal and sweep the facts under the carpet.
Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, representing the Bauchi Central senatorial district, has resigned as the chair of the Northern Senators Forum.
“It will be an honour for me to be suspended by whatever body.’’
The minister reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s determination to eliminate terrorism and banditry and solicited more support from the National Assembly.
It also called for a review of the security architecture in the affected areas.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio apologised to his colleagues for the power outage and assured them that the problem was being addressed.
