Shocking details of how Saraki re-Padded the 2016 Budget in order to funnel Billions into the pockets of Senators Loyal to him.
President of the Senate, FRN
Senatorial sources disclosed that Saraki used Senator Danjuma Goje, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the wicked diversion of funds from the critical Lagos—Calabar Railway Project into dubious Constituency Projects.
One senator alleged that pro-Saraki senators also used the budgetary padding to garner political support for the embattled Senate President.
One source explained that almost every member of the Senate was either a chair or vice-chair of a committee as Mr. Saraki had intentionally increased the number of Senate standing committees from 57 to 70.
“The budget was padded in a way that each Committee chairman and vice-chair would receive at least N2 billion in ‘special projects’ while the Senate leadership would get at least N4 billion each in such projects,”
one source stated.
He added that new Senators who are neither chair or vice chair of committees were each allocated N400 million in special projects. Ekwe Scott
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