‘So long as we continue to respect corrupt people, I cry for Nigeria’ – Jibrin

Embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmummin Jibrin, on Thursday, said that the Nigerians have a culture of respecting corrupt people, saying that Nigeria will relapse if we continue to respect corrupt people.

According to a statement released by the lawmaker, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and his ‘gang of thieves’ should submit themselves for investigation by anti-graft agencies.

Jibrin challenged the comment allegedly made by the Speaker that budget padding is not a crime.

He said, “Today, they went a disgraceful step further to threaten that the budget is already a law and therefore no offence can be committed in that regard.

“For instance let’s say an item in a budget proposed by the executive under power for the purchase of a transformer costs N2million and same amount was budgeted.

“If the Chairman House Committee on power, because he has the powers to appropriate, decides to add N3million naira to jack up the allocation to 5million naira when it is a public knowledge that the transformer cannot cost more than 2million naira, what do you call that? That essentially means appropriation fraud.”

He further said that, “Transparency and Integrity Group, Speaker Dogara and his gang of thieves should submit themselves to the anti-corruption agencies and answer thousands of questions waiting for them,” he added.

“I am pretty sure not even the two governors and three former house members backing them can help them evade the anti-corruption agencies.”

Jibrin disclosed how he had shown documents of budget padding by Dogara and others to anti-graft agencies.

“I cry for Nigeria. So long as we continue to respect corrupt people, so shall our country continue to relapse.”

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