President Tinubu meets Senate President, deputy behind closed doors over budget allegations

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met behind closed doors with the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and his deputy, Senator Barau Jibrin, after the senate suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over his allegation that the upper chamber padded the 2024 national budget. President Tinubu’s meeting with the presiding officers of the senate, which was held at State House, Abuja came as the senate faced yet another accusation of malfeasance. The senator for Cross River North, Agom Jarigbe, alleged that some ranking senators recently got N500 million intervention from the executive while others, including himself, did not receive the sum.