***As Senator absolved Akpabio of any wring doing
Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (Cross River North) has dismissed alleged N3.7 trillion paddinh in the 2024 budget, even as the Senate cleared its President, Godswill Akpabio of any wrong doing.
Senator Jarigbe who’s the chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas indicated that the reported N3.7 trillion padding to 2024 budget is outright falsehood as he urged lawmakers to always protect the sanctity of the institution of the Senate.
Senate at a plenary session in which members reacted to alleged N3.7trillion padding by Senator Abdul Ningi also insisted that it only passed N28trillion and not N3.7trillion as alleged by Ningi
But Senator Jarigbe in reaction insisted there was no such padding adding that senators were at home with explanation by the Senate Committee on Appropriation
According to him “There was no padding of the Budget with N3. 7 trillion, as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations has cleared the issue of Budget Padding.
He advised colleague Senators against the destruction of the Sanctity and integrity of the Senate because most of the senior Senators got extra Projects in their Districts but some other Senators, like himself did not get that incentive ..