EXCLUSIVE: Senate President Akpabio, Others Pad President Tinubu's Palliative Budget With Over N200 Billion
Senate President Godswill Akpabio and some of his colleagues have used the amendment of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act as an opportunity to pad the budget by over N200 billion. Sources told SaharaReporters on Thursday that the senators involved capitalised on the request made by President Bola Tinubu for the appropriation of N500 billion for palliatives through the amendment of the Act to heavily pad the budget.