Northern Senators to meet Tinubu over alleged N3trn ‘padding’ in 2024 budget The Northern Senators Forum plans to hold discussions with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu regarding the alleged N3 trillion insertion in the 2024 budget. Senator Abdul Ningi, the forum's chairman, disclosed this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, expressing concerns about the budget implementation. Ningi claimed that the Senate had initially debated and passed a budget of N25 trillion, while Tinubu was implementing N28 trillion. The forum intends to investigate the additional N3 trillion and other undisclosed inclusions...