I’m not always carried along in my constituency affairs, Kingibe blows hot

Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory, has once again speak out on being ignored in the Senate Committee on matters relating her constituency.

Kingibe stated this in the Plenary on Tuesday during discussion on  2024 N98.5 billion supplementary budget of the FCT.

Kingibe, coming under 10 and 11, declared that she is the highest elected official in the FCT, but she is not involved in the state’s concerns.

Kindibe said, “Mr President, I am the highest elected person in the FCT with over four million people.

“I am not usually carried along in the issues that pertain to the FCT, especially the matters of budget.

“The FCT supplementary budget is presented today but I am not even aware of the whole procedure, I was not invited to any meeting where the budget was discussed.”

Akpabio told her that the order she moved demanded that she present a motion and present it to the House.

The senators agreed that Kingibe would present the complaint in a motion tomorrow.

President Bola Tinubu had last week written to the Senate seeking a supplementary bill of N98.5bn for the Federal Capital Territory Administration.

The N98.5bn is in addition to the N1.2tn budget passed in March by the National Assembly.