Budget-Padding Tracker: Northern students call for Jibrin’s probe

Northern Nigerian Students’ Association, NONSA, has called for the probe of former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin over his allegations that the 2016 national budget was padded.

Briefing newsmen on Thursday, in Sokoto, President of NONSA, Comrade Basheer Gorau said Jibrin was in charge of the budget for a year, stating that he should be held responsible for whatever happens to it.

Gorau also wondered why Jibrin did not make such revelation until he was fired ‎as chairman of Appropriations’ Committee, saying he has an ulterior motive.

He said, “The allegations made by Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin is quite surprising because he was the head of the committee.

“However, Jibrin as the former chairman of Appropriations Committee is constitutionally in charge of the budget and whatever happens to it, he should be able to tell the teeming population of Nigerians how the budget was padded.

“Jibrin as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations for one year failed to raise his allegations against the principal officers until he was removed; that shows that his intentions are not in the interest of the nation.’’

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