Godswill Akpabio – National Infinity Magazine

Akpabio got N90bn in 2024 budget padding -BudgIT alleges

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Jide Ige

More facts have emerged on the Budget Padding controversy rocking the National Assembly with reports that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio allocated N90bn to his constituency. BudgIT, a non- governmental organisation claimed that Akpabio padded the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, with 280 projects in the 2024 Budget. Over N90 billion worth of projects was allocated exclusively within the constituency of Akpabio, comprising just 10 local government areas. BudgIT, a civic-tech organization warns that the allocation does not only surpasses the ministry’s capacity but also raises concerns…

SERAP drags Akpabio, NASS to court over N344.85bn

February 12, 2024 Jide Ige

SERAP is also arguing that the National Assembly ought to be more responsible to the public interest and more responsive to it. The National Assembly, it says, has a constitutional responsibility to combat waste and abuse in its spending if it is to effectively exercise its oversight functions and hold the government to account.

Appeal Court sacks Akpabio as APC’s senatorial candidate

November 14, 2022 Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Ex-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has been disqualified by an Abuja Appeal Court from contesting as senator representing Akwa-Ibom North West Senatorial District in the 2023 General Elections. The judgment was delivered on Monday evening in the Federal Capital Territory. Prior to the latest judgment, a Federal High Court had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Akpabio, as an All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate. The court ordered the electoral umpire to accept and publish Akpabio’s name as APC senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial district…