‘What else do senators do aside padding budgets’ – Basketmouth grills lawmakers

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Renowned comedian Basketmouth, also known as Bright Okpocha, has questioned the achievements of senators from Nigeria.

This is happening in the midst of the ongoing disputes around the purported N3.7 trillion that was added to the nation’s 2024 budget.

Remember that in an interview a week ago, Senator Abdul Ningi, who represents Bauchi Central, claimed that N3.7 trillion of the 2024 budget could not be linked to specific projects.

In response to the accusation, Ningi was suspended for three months by the Senate during its plenary meeting on Tuesday, which was chaired by Godswill Akpabio.

Basketmouth then asked if the Nigerian Senate had ever done anything for the common people other than increase spending in a post on his Instagram story.

He wrote: “I have got a question, aside padding budgets, what else do our senators do?

“Like, what have they done in the past 50 years that favored the average Nigerian?”