I’m Yet To Receive ‘Controversial’ N2m ‘Recess Allowance’ … Akpabio’s Statement ‘Embarrassing’- Senator Abdul Ningi

Senator Abdul Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central in the senate, has disclosed that he has not received the controversial N2 million ‘recess allowance’ while noting that some of his colleagues have gotten the money.

A development recorded during the plenary session of the senate  last week  Wednesday had exposed the National Assembly to criticism.

A viral video  had the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio slipping up  while ending his speech. He had disclosed that money has been sent to all members of the senate by the clerk of the National Assembly to enjoy their holiday.

 ‘In order to enable all of us enjoy our holidays, a token has been sent to our various bank accounts by the clerk of the national assembly’ he  had submitted before the motion for adjournment was moved.

It may have been a misstatement or a possible slip up as Akpabio   later said; ‘I withdraw that statement.

In order to allow you to enjoy your holiday, the senate president has sent prayers to your mailboxes to assist you to go on a safe journey and return’ .

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that  Ningi  while appearing as a guest  on  Channels Television’s Politics Today programme however disclosed  that some among his colleagues have actually received the money.

‘Nothing has come to my bank account yet. I heard that some people got N2m but for me, nothing yet. Hopefully ,I would get mine when they tidy up things’  he said.

Ningi has also blamed Akpabio for exposing the senate to criticism.

‘Some of these things, if they happen, you don’t broadcast it the way he did.

I think it is a huge embarrassment to the Senate President as a person and to the institution of the National Assembly. The Senate President should have gone further to say what the allowances are for. How did he come about the allowances? Who gave the allowances? Is it part of the remuneration? he said.

Senator Ningi  also disclosed that some among his colleagues have shown displeasure over  the issue .

‘I don’t know what N2m would do for a holiday. I find it very difficult to understand what this money is for’ he said.

The senators, he noted, would need to know what the money was meant for when the senate recess ends–Team@orientactualmags.com
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