Ogun PDP Candidate Faults Public Outcry Over N2m Token for Senators’ Vacation

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate in the Ogun Central Senatorial poll during the March 18 polls, David Aderinokun, has faulted the public outcry which greeted the N2 million token given to senators for their vacation.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the senate plenary last week, had notified the senators of the token lodged in their banks account, to enjoy their vacation, after extensive ministerial screening exercise.

But the senatorial candidate said there was no need for the public outcry which greeted the N2 million token lodged in the account of each of the senator’s bank account.

Aderinokun on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, said the N2 million given to the senator was not a big deal.

The politician, however, faulted the senate president for making it public, saying he was being insensitive to the plight of Nigerians.

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Recall that the Senate President Godwill Akpabio, during a special plenary session of the screening and confirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, had informed the senators that the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Magaji Tambuwal, had wired money into their individual bank accounts in order to enjoy their annual holiday.

Akpabio had said, “In order to enable all of us to enjoy our holidays, a token has been sent to our various accounts by the Clerk of the National Assembly…,”

The Senate President’s statement met with interruptions from the senators, who were apparently dissatisfied with Akpabio’s public disclosure.

Akpabio, however, took a pause as he withdrew the statement, while he rephrased the information.

“In order to enjoy your holidays, the Senate President has sent prayers to your mailboxes to assist you to go on a safe journey and return,” Akpabio said in the alternative to calm down frayed nerves.