The lawmakers said there was no budget padding, adding that Ningi’s ‘incorrect claim’ on the 2024 budget should not be taken as their opinion. Lawmakers under the aegis of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), have dissociated themselves from Senator Abdul Ningi’s controversial comment about the 2024 budget.Ningi had in a recent interview claimed that the executive is implementing a budget that the National Assembly did not approve. The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central (PDP) said the National Assembly debated and passed a ₦25tn budget, not the ₦28.7tn that is currently being implemented. Dism…