Jarigbe at the plenary on Tuesday stated this during the debate of the motion on breach of privilege moved by Senator Olamilekan Adeola.
Recall that Senator Ningi had, in an interview with the journalists on Saturday, alleged that the budget passed by the National Assembly for the 2024 fiscal year is twenty five trillion naira while the one being implemented by the Presidency is twenty eight point seven trillion naira.
Reacting to this, Jarigbe stated that the issue had been clarified that there missing three point seven trillion naira, as alleged by Senator Abdul Ningi had been clarified under the Government Owned Enterprises and first line charge.
He stated, “The one approved by us is ₦25tn while the one operating by the Federal Government is ₦28tn.
“Apparently, we discovered ₦3tn was inserted into the budgets for projects without locations. This is the highest budget padding that happened in Nigerian history under Senator Akpabio’s watch.”
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