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N500m ‘awards’ to ranking senators unsettle, expose NASS’ rot

•Jaribe opens up as Senate suspends Ningi over claims
• CSOs decry Ningi’s suspension, call for thorough investigation
• Akpabio meets Tinubu in Aso Rock, bemoans damage to reputation
• Ningi resigns as Northern Senators forum chair

“All of us are culpable. Some so-called senior Senators here got N500 million each from the 2024 budget, I am a ranking Senator, I didn’t get anything. No Senator has a right to accuse Senator Ningi.”

With that bombshell, Senator Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe, representing Cross River North, yesterday, shook the table and blew the lid off the alleged misappropriation and abuse of public funds by public officers, confirming fears of many Nigerians that the National Assembly might have become a ‘Hallowed Chamber of Corruption.’

As anticipated, yesterday’s reconvening of the Red Chamber was expected to be a heated session after the…
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