Sen. Iya Abbas, representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District, and Senator Okechukwu Ezea, LP-Enugu, have denied the stories that the Federal Government donated foodstuffs and cash as palliatives to senators for onward distribution to their constituents.
He debunked the rumor, peddled in the social media, that the law makers were expected to distribute the palliatives to their constituents.
The law maker told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola on Monday that the foodstuffs and cash gifts he distributed during the last Christmas and the new year festivities were bought with his personal money.
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“As I speak to you, no body gave me money or rice to share as palliatives to our constituents, stressing it was a concocted fabrication aimed at tarnishing our image.
“If it is true let the contractor bring the invoice for each Senator,” he said.
He added that the information is baseless hence the need for those spreading the news to come forward with the evidence proving what they are claiming.
Sen. Okechukwu Ezea, LP-Enugu, says he has yet to receive bags of rice from the Federal Government for distribution as palliative to his constituents.
Ezea, who represents Enugu North at the National Assembly, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
‘’I’m yet to receive any material palliative, whether money or food item, from the federal government for my constituents.
‘’However, in the event of receiving the palliative I will in line with my principle of equity and fairness share such palliative transparently.
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