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The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has voiced the state government’s solidarity with Senator Abdul Ningi in a show of support following his recent suspension from the Nigerian Senate.

The controversy, stemming from Ningi’s remarks regarding an untraceable N3.7 trillion in the 2024 budget, has sparked significant debate and led to his three-month suspension on Tuesday.

Representing Bauchi Central senatorial district, Senator Ningi has been a vocal participant in the legislative process.

His comments, which aimed to highlight transparency concerns within the 2024 budget, led to his resignation as Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF) amid the ensuing fallout.

The situation escalated when Senator Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Ogun West), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, cited a breach of privilege against Ningi during a Senate session.

Adeola’s motion was prompted by Ningi’s interview with the BBC Hausa, which called into question the accountability mechanisms in place for the forthcoming Money Bill.

Jimoh Ibrahim, another member of the Appropriation Committee, initially proposed a more severe twelve-month suspension for Ningi, citing allegations of criminal misinformation and a breach of peace within the National Assembly.

However, a compromise was reached when some senators advocated for a reduced suspension period of three months, which was subsequently ratified by the Senate.

Speaking during the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Bauchi, on Wednesday, Mohammed said, “yesterday I was very sad the Senate suspended one of our best from Bauchi for saying the truth, for standing up to be the beacon of the truth.”

Mohammed, who is also the chairman PDP Governors’ Forum, said, “Equally I don’t know what we will do but we will discuss privately to see what we can do to support him because I support whatever he is doing and that is our best position especially if what he saying is the truth.”

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A Catholic priest based in Gambia, Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has accused the Nollywood industry of promoting the perception of grandmothers as witches.

He also claimed that the industry also initiated the concept that humans or spirits could just disappear and appear in any location they want.

Ugwu made the assertion on Wednesday in a post on his Facebook page.

He stated that Nollywood promoted the idea that pastors and prophets are the most powerful people to meet once you have any problem.

In his words, “Nollywood is the major promoter of the idea of an old grandmother becoming a witch and flying at night to eat up her grandchildren.

“The major promoter and possibly the initiator of the concept that humans or spirits can just disappear and appear in any location they want is Nollywood.

“The major promoter of the idea of Owls, Cats, Bats, Wall geckos, etc being demonic is Nollywood.

“The idea that mental problems and mad people on our streets are people who have been used for sacrifices for one purpose or the other is promoted greatly by Nollywood.

“It is Nollywood that promoted pastors and prophets as the most powerful people to meet once you have any problem.

“In every movie where there are sacrifices, sickness, or wicked grandmothers, there will be a pastor, prophet, or priest as the final solution.

“If there is a native doctor in the movie, be ready to see a man of God who will always make the native doctor turn to other animals before finally dying.

“This is why, no matter what I write here on understanding the place of God and the place of knowledge, a lot of you will never understand it because you consume these things a lot and they have become part of you. In fact, even the actors/actresses themselves believe in their own imagined stories.

“This is why a lot of Nollywood actors who were sick have been taken to Mr Abido Shaker for healing only to discover that the Abido Shaker power was not released.”

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