Senator Karimi to Ningi: fear God if you’re not afraid of suspension
…urges NSF chairman to disclose source of N30m paid to consultants
Amember of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF) and chairman of the Senate Services Committee, Senator Sunday Karimi, on Monday, advised Senator Abdul Ningi to at least fear God and say the truth since he claimed he is not afraid of being suspended by the Senate over his recent comments.
Karimi gave the advice while responding to Ningi’s press conference in Abuja where he denied saying there were two budgets in operation but insisted that N3.7trillion in the 2024 budget was not tied to any item.
Challenging Ningi to own up to his misinformation, Senator Karimi said the Bauchi senator spoke on behalf of the Northern Senators Forum and not in his capacity.
Karimi said: “I advise Senator Ningi to at least fear God if he is not afraid of suspension. He spoke for the NSF and not for himself even though nobody authorized him in the NSF to lie against the Senate.”
Karimi maintained that Senator Ningi was “Up to mischief because when they met the Senate President, Akpabio requested that they should bring the report so that he would set up a committee to find out if there was anything like that.
“We went to the Senate President as members of the NSF, but since he is on a mission of self-destruct, Senator Ningi decided to go to the media instead of bringing the report to the Senate President to set up a committee to authenticate the veracity of the claims.”
Speaking further, Senator Karimi chided Ningi saying, “As a former principal officer, both in the Senate and the House of Representatives, is Senator Ningi saying he is ignorant of the fact that arrangement of items on the first line charges are not usually lumped together with general items in the budget?