The Bauchi central senator resumed legislative duties at the senate on Tuesday, June 4, after serving his three-month suspension following the alarm that he raised.
Speaking at the plenary on Tuesday, the lawmaker said he had moved on and urged the leadership of the senate to “let bygone be bygone.”
He said:
He thanked his colleagues and the senate president for the kind words he said on the day of his suspension and added.
The Nigerian Senate was recently caught in a budget padding scandal following Senator Ningi’s alarm in an interview with BBC Hausa.
The Bauchi senator alleged that President Bola Tinubu was implementing a 2024 budget different from what was debated and passed by the national assembly.
The Senate subsequently suspended Senator Ningi for three months after it was concluded that the PDP Senator could not substantiate his allegation with concrete evidence.
The allegations had raised some dust in the media and had put the integrity of the national assembly under test. While some call for the removal of the Senate President, some believe that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be allowed to investigate the allegation.
See the video of his address here:
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
