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2024 Budget: List Of Senators Who Were Allocated More Than N200 Million

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9 months ago

Mar 17, 2024.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the claim made by the currently suspended Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi, alleging the inclusion of N3.7 Billion in the 2024 budget has raised concerns regarding the budget’s integrity and the allocation of funds for lawmakers’ constituency projects.

During a Senate plenary session last Tuesday, this allegation prompted discussions among senators. Cross River North Senator, Jarigbe Agbom-Jarigbe, asserted that certain senators received approximately N500 million each for their constituency projects in the 2024 budget.

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However, Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, stated in a subsequent interview with Channels TV on Wednesday that senators received N200 million each for their constituency projects, with higher amounts allocated to ranking senators like himself. He refrained from disclosing the exact figures received.

These high-ranking senators encompass the Senate President, Deputy Senate President, leaders, and others spanning across party lines.

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Below is the list of the ranking senators in the current 10th Senate who might have got more than N200 million for constituency projects.

Godswill Akpabio
Akpabio is the current Senate President and the highest-ranking senator in the 10th Senate by virtue of his position. He currently serves as a senator representing Akwa Ibom north-west for the second term.

Jibrin Barau
Barau is the deputy senate president and the second highest-ranking senator after Akpabio. He is representing Kano North for the third time in the Nigeria senate. He had been a member of the House of Representatives before crossing to the upper chamber.

Opeyemi Bamidele
The lawmaker representing Ekiti Central senatorial district is the current majority leader in the Senate. The Ekiti-born politician is a second-term senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He has been in the Senate since 2019.

Abba Moro

The senator representing Benue North-East has been in the senate since 2019 after he replaced a two-term senate president, David Mark. Moro was a former minister of interior and the current chairman of the governing council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue state capital.

Ali Ndume
The outspoken senator has been representing the people of Borno South senatorial district since 2011 and is the current chief whip of the Senate. Ndume was a member of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2011 before crossing to the Senate in the 2011 general election.