The senator who represents the Bauchi Central senatorial district, Senator Abdul Ningi, has disclosed that some of his colleagues have benefited from the N2 million recess allowance.
Prior to calling plenary to a close on Monday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio informed the members of the National Assembly’s upper house that a token had been provided to them so they may enjoy their holidays.
Akpabio had informed his colleagues, unaware that the event was being recorded live, that “a token has been sent to our various accounts by the Clerk of the National Assembly in order to enable all of us to enjoy our holidays.”
His remark drew criticism from Nigerians, who saw it as callous given that the country’s people were suffering from poverty at the time.
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Days after Akpabio’s remark, Senator Ningi, a senator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), confirmed that some lawmakers got the allowance.
Ningi made this known while appearing as a guest at the Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“Nothing has come to my account yet. I heard that some people got N2m but for me, nothing yet. Hopefully [I would get], when they tidy up things,” he said.
He also criticised Akpabio’s comment, describing it as unprecedented.
“Some of these things, if they happen, you don’t broadcast it the way he did,” the lawmaker added.
“I think it is a huge embarrassment to the Senate President as a person and to the institution of the National Assembly. The Senate President should have gone further to say what the allowances are for. How did he come about the allowances? Who gave the allowances? Is it part of the remuneration?”
Senator Ningi admitted that people are bitter about the comment and he finds it “difficult to take” just like many Nigerians.
“I don’t know what N2m would do for a holiday. I find it very difficult to understand what this money is for,” the Bauchi Central lawmaker noted.
According to him, when the senators return to work, they need to know what the money is for since the lawmakers do not get recess allowance.
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