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I also received N266 million from 2024 budget- Senator Abaribe says amid claims certain senators were given N500million

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The lawmaker representing the Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that contrary to the claim that some ranking senators received N500 million from the 2024 budget, he only received N266 million.

Recall that the senator representing Cross River North, Agom Jarigbe on Tuesday, March 12, revealed that senior ranking senators had received N500 million each from the 2024 budget while he got nothing.

Lawmakers who have spent at least four years in the Senate are regarded as ranking senators.

Jarigbe made the revelation on the floor of the Senate while speaking on allegations of budget padding raised by the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi.

Ningi had earlier accused the Senate of padding the 2024 budget, saying the National Assembly added an extra N3.7 trillion to the initial budget.

Reacting to the allegation on Arise Television on Wednesday, March 13, Abaribe said Ningi knew it was a mistake to make a claim he could not prove.

Abaribe then denied receiving N500 million as alleged by Jarigbe. He added that despite being a senior senator, he only received N266 million.

Abaribe said: “Senator Ningi knew it was going to be a mistake. He knew. He’s a member of the Senate. He can’t say he didn’t know. He’s an old Senator. He has been in the Senate before. He knew that this wasn’t correct.

“I never got 500 million. I think Jarigbe tried to clarify his statement. He came back subsequently to say, ‘No, Ningi told me I was given’, because he didn’t get. He’s also a ranking Senator.

“So, I think that at the end of the day, what you see really is that…well, I’m an APGA Senator–the only APGA Senator in the Senate. Maybe being a minority of the minority, they didn’t consider me worthy of being given. Nobody told me about that money.

“I wanted to say that, without equivocation, that both Jarigbe and the Senate leader tried to clarify this issue. Number one: nobody was given 500 million. Even a few of my colleagues called me to say, ‘Ahh you get 500 million we dey beg you for money but you no wan give us one naira out of it.’ Can you imagine?”

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Until a president from Igbo extraction emerges, Nigeria will remain a persistent rhetoric of ethnic origins in leadership debates—— Segun Sowunmi (PDP chieftain)

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‎In an interview via MIC On Podcast, PDP chieftain Segun Sowunmi expressed his long-standing concern over the imbalance in Nigeria’s political leadership, particularly the continued exclusion of the Southeast from the presidency.

His reflection was rooted in a personal sense of fairness and national unity, which, he revealed, had often restrained his own presidential ambitions.
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‎Sowunmi recounted how Nigeria’s leadership history—from Olusegun Obasanjo to Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Muhammadu Buhari, and now Bola Tinubu—has excluded the Southeast.

He believes that for Nigeria’s democracy to truly mature and for conversations around leadership to evolve beyond ethnicity, a President of Igbo extraction must emerge.

According to him, only then can the country move past the persistent rhetoric of ethnic origins in leadership debates.
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‎He expressed hope that Peter Obi, as a prominent figure from the Southeast, would consolidate his political strengths, not just for his personal ambition, but for the broader goal of national inclusiveness and stability.

Sowunmi stressed that Nigeria’s founding structure as a federation of three regions—Eastern, Western, and Northern, should reflect in its leadership history.
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Fubara calls on Rivers People to Support President Tinubu

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‎There have been several reactions from social media users after the governor of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara announced that Rivers people should support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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‎This was contained in a report that was published on the official X handle of THE CABLE on Saturday. This is coming after the President suspended the governor and replaced him with Rtd Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas.
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‎In the report that surfaced online, Fubara said Rivers state people should support the Renewed Hope Initiative. In his Easter message, he advised the people to be law abiding.
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Northern Youths condemns Tinubu’s Alleged Refusal to Transfer Power to vice president Shettima ‎

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‎According to reports from Vanguard on Saturday, April 19, the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has strongly criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over what it describes as his refusal to temporarily delegate presidential authority to Vice President Kashim Shettima during a recent trip abroad.
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‎In a statement issued by the Council’s National President, Isah Abubakar, the youth group condemned the alleged action as a violation of constitutional guidelines and a disregard for democratic practice.

Abubakar noted that the 1999 Constitution clearly outlines the process for the transfer of power when the president is absent or unable to perform his duties, emphasizing that ignoring this provision sets a dangerous precedent.
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‎“This action not only breaches established constitutional procedures but also challenges the integrity of Nigeria’s democratic foundation,” Abubakar stated.

“Failure to follow due process during periods of absence signals a disregard for both the Constitution and the office of the Vice President.”
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