{"id":88608,"date":"2023-05-24T13:47:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senate-presidency-sen-ali-ndume-reveals-sum-of-money-being-shared-for-vote-buying"},"modified":"2023-05-24T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:12:50","slug":"senate-presidency-sen-ali-ndume-reveals-sum-of-money-being-shared-for-vote-buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-presidency-sen-ali-ndume-reveals-sum-of-money-being-shared-for-vote-buying","title":{"rendered":"Senate Presidency: Sen Ali Ndume reveals sum of money being shared for vote buying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has provided insight on the sum of money shared by Senate President aspirants to senators-elect.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker, who is one of longest serving members of the red chamber, said some aspirants boast of their capabilities to share as much as $200,000 to fellow members to buy their votes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Arise TV, the lawmaker was asked about the sum of money being shared to senators-elect to buy their votes ahead of the 10th Senate leadership election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said it several times that the unfortunate thing that is happening is that the other candidates are talking about money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only qualification that they are displaying is the amount of money that they tell Senators-elect that they can give them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are talking about figures, but nobody has approached me. Some are talking about 10, 20, 30, 40 and even more than that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome are even boasting that they will give every Senator up to $200,000. Figures are flying. That is the truth. That is honestly very unfortunate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has provided insight on the sum of money shared by Senate President aspirants to senators-elect. 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