BREAKING: Some lawmakers got N500m from 2024 budget- Sen. Jarigbe alleges

Innocent Raphael

The Red Chamber is currently in a heated session over allegations that the 2024 budget was padded to the tone of N3 trillion, with Senator representing Cross River North, Jarigbe Jarigbe alleging that some older Senators got half a billion Naira from the budget.

Recall that the whole drama started after Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi central, alleged that “huge damage” has been done to the entire country through the budget, with discrepancies arising from whether the National Assembly passed a budget of N28.7 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year.

The debate was sequel to a motion moved by Solomon Adeola, senator representing Ogun west, who revealed his privilege as a senator was breached.

The Ogun west senator said his privilege was breached because he participated in the budgeting process.

“Ningi has maintained that N3 trillion in the budget was not linked to anything,” Adeola said.

“My privilege has been breached because I was one of those who participated in the preparation of the budget. With what has transpired in the last three days, my privilege has been breached.”

However the upper legislative chamber immediately descended into chaos when Jarigbe Jarigbe, senator representing Cross River north, claimed that some “older senators” got N500 million in the budget for projects.

“Did you see me go to the media?” Jarigbe queried.