Senator representing Nasarawa
West in the National Assembly, Abdullahi Adamu has spoken on the reported N70
million belonging to the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, allegedly swallowed by
monkey.
Speaking in an interview with
Daily Trust, the senator said the allegation was made to give him a bad name
following his position on the electoral act amendment bill.
Nigerian Eye had earlier reported
that not less than N70m belonging to the Northern Senators Forum was allegedly
diverted by Senator Adamu
According to him, “In order to
give a dog a bad name, they now went to say that they had N70m that I
mismanaged or whatever. The NSF, to the best of my knowledge, has never had
N70m, at least not during my tenure that they purported it was mismanaged.
“We inherited something in the
region of N62m/N63m that was declared by the outgone secretary of the forum who
happens to be the present Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan.
“I didn’t touch one kobo until
when we were going to Katsina for the NSF retreat. When we were going, we got
the same guys to sign for the transport fares.
“Every senator that attended was
paid N250, 000 as allowance for his two days and everyone also got N150, 000
for return ticket. They got these and they signed. The remaining money was
returned to Abuja and was paid back into the account.
“You know, when you talk of
money, everybody’s attention will be attracted. They did this to get attention,
but this is just garbage, and for the allegation, it is up to them to prove.”
He insisted that this started
when he protested the change in election ssequence.
He added, “I believe as a
senator, it is not over because they will transmit it to the president for
assent, he can sign it and he may decide not to assent to it.
“Remember, on the floor of the
senate, they are saying they will override him (the president) as if they are
in a motor park. They said so freely as if they had a grudge against the
president.
“As a senator, I started talking
to people who shared opinion with me on the passage of the bill. We are talking
on it and yes, I have been holding meetings on it.
“I have a right of association, a
fundamental right in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
the fact that my position as a senator has not been taken away from me.
“There is no law that says that
if a decision is taken on the floor of the senate, right or wrong, a senator
has no right to talk to anybody outside the chamber on the matter; there is no
such law.
“So, I have decided to be having
meetings here, I have been having the meetings and I will continue to have the
meetings.
“The worst anybody can do is to
suspend me, but they don’t have any authority over my membership of the
senate.”
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