Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, says she has not received any ‘prayers’ in her email from the Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Kingibe, a senator under the platform of the Labour Party was reacting to Akpabio’s assurance during the last plenary session that “prayers” had been sent to the lawmakers as they are about to embark on a recess.
The female lawmaker spoke during an interview on ChannelsTV’s Politics Today programme, where she maintained that she did not receive any allowances that were out of the ordinary.
“No, actually, I didn’t receive any prayers, but I’ll check my email for the prayers,” Kingibe said humorously, adding that she did not know for sure what Akpabio was talking about.
Politics Nigeria recalls that the Senate President had during plenary session on Wednesday told Senators that: “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”.
Akpabio later withdrew the statement, describing the supposed disbursement as “prayers” sent to their “mailboxes”.
While acknowledging that most people assumed allowances might have been paid to the lawmakers, he explained that such payments might be statutory.
