Senator Abudul Ningi Campaign Support Group for Atiku 2023, Enugu State chapter has condemned the shabby manner with which the National Assembly suspended Sen. Abdul Ningi representing Bauchi Central in the Senate for three months over his comment on alleged budget padding.
The support group headed by the coordinator, Comr. Michael Chukwuebuka Nwankwo condemned and disowned the malicious action of the National Assembly against distinguished Sen. Abdul Ningi, saying that “he is decent man and did not deserve such action.”
Comr. Nwankwo in a statement to the media weekend, said that Ningi represented his constituency well and Nigeria in general and should not be vilified but commended for speaking against injustice to Nigerians.
“Sen.Ningi is an active man with decency of character and is dedicated to serve his constituent and Nigeria with honesty, transparency, humility and humanity to the best of his ability in making sure that the dividends of democracy is at the door step of every Nigerian citizen and that is why he cried out over man inhumanity to man on budget padding of 3.7 trillion and stand to bear the cross for the good of the citizen as he was suspended by the National Assembly for three months.
“It is undesirable for a man to die because he said the truth. Sen. Ningi is a good leader and has made a remarkable quality representation to his constituency and Nigeria in general by speaking on the secret behind 2024 budget padding. The voice of Sen.Ningi is for the good of Nigeria and at the consideration of Mercy on the poor living standard of the masses,” the statement reads in part.
The leader of the group also noted that Sen. Ningi did not commit any offence or crime in telling Nigerians the position on Irregularity in the 2024 budget padding “as he acted in good faith, conscience and justice with fairness.” Nwankwo maintains that Sen. Ningi has made a good point and a justifiable bold step for good governance, stressing that, “we commend his courage. We hereby call for Reinstatement of the High Ranking Senator and pray May Allah give him the strength to withstand them.”
