The Senate has been dipped into a riotous session following revelation of discrepancies in the distribution of federal government’s palliatives to senators for onward disbursement to their constituents.
The upper Chamber was debating the allegation by Senator Abdul Ningi, the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, during an interview with BBC Hausa.
Recall that Ningi had claimed that a whopping N3.7 trillion was padded in the 2024 budget, causing an uproar among his fellow senators and igniting intense debates.
Meanwhile, the session degenerated further when Senator Jarigbe Jarigbe disclosed that some lawmakers in the red chambers were given N500 million as palliatives for their constituents while others got N200 million.
This revelation did not go down well with some senators. A situation that resulted into a state of commotion, with the Senate President Godswill Akpabio struggling to restore order in the hallowed chamber.
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