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September 19, 2016

Budget Padding Tracker: I am ready to be suspended – Jibrin

A former chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriations Abdulmumin Jibrin says he is ready to pay the price of being suspended to rid Nigeria of corruption. Jibrin made the remark as a guest of Channels Telesivion’s live programme ‘Politics Today’ He said, “On the issue of suspension I am less bothered. Perhaps that... Read More

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September 19, 2016

Jibrin submits petition against Okonkwo, Ugochinyere over alleged UK account (PHOTOS)

Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin has written a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris against two persons. In a letter dated September 19, 2016 Jibrin accused the persons, Barrister Ifeanyi Okonkwo and Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere of criminal defamation and forgery. The letter signed by Chukwuma Nwachukwu for Law Bond Solicitors said the accused were... Read More

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September 5, 2016

#BudgetPadding: ‘Fugitive’ Oke should be thoroughly investigated for role in arms deal – Jibrin

A former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin has responded to a recent interview granted by a member of the House, Oluwole Oke. He said that during Oke’s interview the lawmaker could not state any corrupt allegation against him. In a series of tweets on Monday Jibrin alleged that Oke... Read More

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September 4, 2016

#BudgetPadding: EFCC to probe House of Reps

Following allegations of budget padding which continues to linger in the House of Representatives, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC) may soon begin the probe of top officers of the lawmaking body. According to Punch, the anti-graft agency has sent invitations to some permanent secretaries and directors of finance to appear before it for investigations. Also... Read More

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August 28, 2016

#BudgetPadding: Political parties want scandal probed by the police

Opposition parties in Nigeria on Saturday said the police must probe budget padding allegations in the House of Representatives, playing down attempt by the All Progressives Congress to internally resolve the scandal. In different interviews with Punch, the leadership of the Accord Party, Action Alliance, KOWA Party, Social Democratic Party, Advanced Congress of Democrats and the... Read More

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August 28, 2016

#BudgetPadding: Police to search Appropriation office for documents

Indications emerged on Saturday that the police in its ongoing investigations over alleged budget padding in the House of Representatives would search documents and computers at the secretariat of the Appropriation Committee. The former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin had accused Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of padding the 2016... Read More

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Jibrin

August 26, 2016

Jibrin says Dogara and House Leaders alone cost Nigeria N10 billion [DETAILS]

A former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin on Friday released staggering figures collected by the ten principal officers of the House as “running cost” from the time they joined the House. In a series of tweets via his official Twitter account @AbdulAbmJ the lawmaker said the ten leaders of... Read More

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August 24, 2016

#BudgetPadding: Itse Sagay-led presidential corruption committee invites Jibrin

Following his budget padding allegations, the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption on Tuesday summoned the former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin to submit a detailed petition on the allegations. Jibrin had accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of padding the 2016 budget... Read More

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August 19, 2016

Budget Padding Tracker: Speaker Dogara visits Buhari again

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara on Friday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is Dogara’s second visit to the President after the allegations of budget padding leveled against him by former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin. When questioned by State House Correspondents on... Read More

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August 18, 2016

Budget Padding Tracker: House of Reps goes on the offensive, says it rescued budget from Jibrin (TWEETS)

The House of Representatives has finally reacted to the budget padding controversy that has tainted the institution, saying it rescued the 2016 budget from the former chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin. Jibrin had accused some members of the House leadership of padding the budget with fictitious projects to the tune of N40... Read More

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August 16, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: Jibrin will be punished – Chief Whip

Following budget padding allegations made by former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa on Monday said Jibrin would be punished for “bringing the image of the legislature into disrepute.” Doguwa claimed that Jibrin’s accusations were made to avenge his removal as a committee chairman... Read More

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August 16, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: 5 reasons we shouldn’t take Jibrin serious anymore

Former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has been on a media campaign against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and some other members of the House of Representatives over alleged budget padding activities. Jibrin had accused Dogara and three other principal officers of the House of padding the 2016 national budget to the tune... Read More

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August 15, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: SERAP tells Dogara reps have no power to insert projects

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara that, “The House of Representatives absolutely has no power to insert any projects in the 2016 budget that was not originally part of the estimates of the executive in the Appropriation Bill.” In a statement signed by its... Read More

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August 15, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: Jibrin apologizes to APC for supporting Dogara’s emergence as Speaker

The former Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Monday apologized to the All Progressives Congress, APC for supporting the emergence of Yakubu Dogara as Speaker of the House against the wish of the party. He made the apology via a series of tweets this morning while continuing his budget... Read More

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Jibrin

August 14, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: EFCC to quiz Jibrin over N418m contracts

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will reportedly grill former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin over a petition it received on allegations of fraudulent award of contracts worth N418m. According to reports, Jibrin was earlier quizzed on Tuesday by the EFCC over allegations of N17bn money laundering. The petition which... Read More

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August 13, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: ‘I’m not above the law – Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has finally broken his silence on the budget padding allegations leveled against him by a former chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin. The speaker made this known in a thread of tweets on Saturday via his Twitter account, @SpeakerDogara. Dogara said his statements on the issue... Read More

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August 13, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin files suits against possible arrest, suspension

The displaced Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has approached the Federal High Court to seek injunction against his possible arrest by the police and suspension from the House of Representatives. Jibrin had accused Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of the House of padding the 2016 national budget to... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Americans call it ‘Pork Barrel’, what Nigerians call ‘Padding’ | 5 reasons why Speaker Dogara is right

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara stated quite clearly on Thursday that no member of the hallowed chambers can be investigated or prosecuted for ‘budget padding’ despite the many allegations of the displaced Chairman of the Appropriations Comittee, Abdulmumin Jibrin. As braggadocios as Dogara’s insistence that neither he nor any member of... Read More

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August 12, 2016

‘It doesn’t even make sense’ | Dogara has the perfect excuse for budget padding allegations

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday explained why he or any member of the House of Representatives cannot be investigated or prosecuted for ‘budget padding.’ Speaking at a session with civil societies in Abuja, Dogara stated that the budget is subject to scrutiny by the national assembly, just like any other... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: APC says it won’t sanction Dogara, Jibrin

The All Progressives Congress on Thursday said it would not sanction the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as well as the former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin over budget padding allegations between them. The Deputy National Chairman of the party, Lawal Shuaibu, said this while briefing newsmen at... Read More

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August 11, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: Why I cannot be investigated | Dogara speaks

Following budget padding allegations against him, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Thursday explained why he failed to honour the invitation of the Police Special Investigating Panel. Dogara, explained at an interactive session with Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Abuja, on one-year review of the 8th House of Representatives Legislative Agenda. According... Read More

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August 11, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin ‘supporters’ under pressure

Some members of the House of Representatives have said that the neither the police nor the EFCC has the power to investigate legislative activities. This was as they were taking their stands on the budget padding allegations lingering in the House of Representatives. An official of the House said, “The 1999 Constitution (as amended), particularly... Read More

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August 11, 2016

Budget-Padding Tracker: Did you know? Dogara snubbed the police yesterday

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, reportedly failed to honor the investigation of the Special Investigating Panel set up by the Inspector General of Police to investigate the budget padding scandal. According to the Punch, Dogara failed to honor the invitation by the SIP because it wasn’t signed by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim... Read More

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August 10, 2016

Budget padding is what we are elected to do – Reps member

The Chairman House of Representative Committee on Legislative Compliance, Abiodun Olasupo has insisted the House of Representatives have done no wrong in the current budget padding controversy. Olasupo stated this on Wednesday during the inspection of some zonal intervention projects and federal government projects within his constituency in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State. He stated... Read More

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August 10, 2016

7 things you need to know about ‘Budget Padding’

By Tolulope Omoyeni The Nigerian news scene has been filled with stories about budget padding in the last two weeks and many of us still do not understand why or how padding and budget are used in the same clause. The only padding we are familiar with is the one that’s present in women’s underwear.... Read More

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Jibrin

August 10, 2016

The Explainer: Jibrin/Dogara budget padding controversy – The story so far

To understand the current budget padding controversy in the House of Representatives, you have to also look back at the entire 2016 budget process itself. On December 22nd 2015, President Buhari gave his budget speech at a joint sitting of the National Assembly, but the line items were not submitted to lawmakers before they went... Read More

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August 10, 2016

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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Budget-Padding Tracker: Blabbing is fast becoming the hallmark of Jibrin – Hon. Okafor

The chairman of the House Committee on Health Services, Chike John Okafor has denied the allegation by former chairman of the House committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin that he moved massive amount of money from the health budget. Okafor noted that Jibrin made the allegation without saying specifically, where the money was moved from and... Read More

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Budget-Padding Tracker: I received 1.4bn for constituency projects – Leo Ogor

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor, has stated that he received the sum of 1.4bn Naira for constituency projects in the 2016 budget. Ogor made the disclosure while addressing his constituents at Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State. Giving a stewardship of his account, Ogor noted that he did not do anything... Read More

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Opinion: Speaker Dogara, this is why budget padding is a crime

by Ahanonu Kingsley Few days ago, the speaker of Nigeria’s lower parliament was quoted as saying that ‘budget padding’-an offence he was recently accused of by fellow member of parliament-is not a crime. Consequently, in response to calls for him to step down, Mr Dogara insisted he’d not resign. The above stance of Hon. Dogara is... Read More

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