2016 national budget

Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin returned to tweet this evening…

It appears the budget padding crisis in the House of Representatives won’t vanish anytime soon, as the major parties involved keep engaging in ceaseless war of words. Earlier today, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Yakubu Dogara who has been accused of padding the budget to the tune of over N40bn, took to Twitter to make clarifications on... Read More

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August 10, 2016

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Budget-Padding Tracker: EFCC grills Jibrin, to invite Dogara

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday grilled the former chairman of the House committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin over his budget padding allegations. Jibrin had accused Speaker Dogara, the Deputy Speaker, Yusuff Lasun; the Chief Whip, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, and nine others of alleged involvement in the padding of... Read More

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