Following Senate President, Godswill Akpabio’s revelation on the floor of the Green Chamber, that the 109 Nigerian senators had been credited with a ‘holiday token’ allowance of N2 million, it is now confirmed that the members of the upper chambers of the National Assembly (NASS) received a total of N218 million.
Recall that Akpabio announced, on the last of the extraordinary plenary, which screened President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, that he had directed the clerk of NASS to send to each senator a “holiday token for enjoyment.”
Although Senator Ireti Kingibe (FCT) has said she had received only “statutory allowance” and she did “not know what” Akpabio was talking about, the management of the Senate has kept mute over the issue.
Akpabio had withdrawn the statement, saying, “I withdraw that statement” after his colleagues expressed their shock and frowned at it as it was exposing them to public ridicule; but later added that he had sent “prayers to your mailbox”, a revelation Senator Kingibe also denied noting that “I have not received any email.”
However, a screenshot of the credit alert shared on Thursday afternoon and seen by THE WHISTLER, showed that the 109 senators in the Nigerian upper house received the alert.
In an alert that a senator from Ondo State (name withheld) forwarded, a credit alert of N2 million was seen.
The alert was received at exactly 11:44am on August 8, 2023.
The information on the alert show, “txn: credit Ac:2xx .97x Amount NGN:2,000,000.00
“Des: NFT SENATE OVE/NAT,” part of the alert showed.
Attempts to speak with the Senator proved abortive as his media aide did not respond when contacted via email.
Also, Senator Kingibe did not respond when contacted to verify if she has now received the new alert contrary to her earlier position.
THE WHISTLER
