The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written an open letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Dogara Yakubu requesting that he and other principal officers accused of budget padding by a former chairman of the House committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin step aside pending the outcome of investigation by the Economic... Read More

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July 30, 2016

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Budget-Padding Tracker: SSS seals Appropriations committee office

Following the budget padding allegations saga in the House of Representatives, agents of the State Security Service on Saturday, reportedly sealed the House committee on Appropriation secretariat. According to Premium Times, SSS officials stormed the secretariat and immediately placed it under lock and key. The budget padding allegations started when former Chairman House Committee on... Read More

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July 30, 2016

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Budget padding is a norm in NASS – Senator Omoworare

Senator Babajide Omoworare has joined the list of past and present lawmakers to admit budgets are padded. The Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District, said it is a fact that federal lawmakers do tinker with budgets to suit their selfish interests. According to Omoworare, a National Assembly Budget Research Office should be created as a... Read More

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July 30, 2016

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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin requests Dogara’s arrest, petitions EFCC, ICPC

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Friday sought the arrest of the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara at office of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) for his role in the alleged budget padding. Jibrin made this known in tweet on his official twitter handle. He wrote,... Read More

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July 29, 2016

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Jibrin took the entire budget to a hideout… – Appropriation Committee members

Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation have dissociated themselves from what they call a “calculated plot” by a former chairman of the committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin to disgrace the leadership of the House. Speaking on behalf of the members, the Deputy Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Representative Chris Azugbogu, who made the disclosure... Read More

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July 29, 2016

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Dogara denies giving $20,000 to members of Appropriation Committee (READ)

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has denied claims by former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin that he distributed $20,000 to each member of the committee to testify against him (Jibrin). He made the denial in a statement released on Friday, through his deputy chief of staff, Hon. Maduabum. Some members... Read More

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July 29, 2016

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We have the right to add, subtract and adjust the budget – Ndume

Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Friday said the National Assembly has the constitutional right to “add or subtract” from the budget, stating that it is within their constitutional powers. He said this while talking about the current altercation between a former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, and the Speaker,... Read More

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July 26, 2016

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‘Dogara has carefully designed a scheme to scam House Members’ – Jibrin

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari would ban Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, from coming to Aso Villa if he had any idea about Dogara’s penchant for corrupt practises. Jibrin, who has been facing down the leadership of the House, noted... Read More

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July 22, 2016

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Jibrin is a coward, we would have suspended him if… – Rep Danlami Kurfi

The Vice Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Downstream Sector, Danlami Muhammad Kurfi has lashed out at the former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin for calling on Speaker Yakubu Dogara to resign. Kurfi, who represents Dutsinma/Kurfi federal constituency of Katsina state, said the former appropriation committee chairman should not be taken... Read More

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July 22, 2016

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Budget padding allegations against me are lies – Reps Minority Leader

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Leo Ogor, has said that the budget padding allegations levelled against him and other principal officials including Speaker Yakubu Dogàra, are not true. Ogor made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. His words: “I don’t want to... Read More

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July 21, 2016

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BREAKING: Abdulmumin Jibrin accuses Speaker Dogara, others of corruption

by Isime Esene Abdulmumin Jibrin, the Former House Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation has called on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara to resign. Jibrin made this assertion in a series of tweets on his Twitter timeline accusing Dogara and other leaders of the Lower Chamber of corruption and essentially... Read More

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July 20, 2016

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Just In: House of Reps appropriation committee chairman sacked

The chairman house committee on appropriation Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin has been sacked. Jibrin who represents Bebeji/Kiru federal constituency was replaced with Mustapha Dawaki Bala, representing Kudu/Warawa federal constituency of Kano state. Jibrin’s sack was announced by Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara before the close of plenary today. “He met me and said... Read More

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March 10, 2016

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184 top officials flushed out of Budget Office

As a result of the embarrassment suffered from the padding of the 2016 Appropriations Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari has overhauled the Budget Office. Vanguard reports that the president has flushed out not less than 184 top officials. The President was said to have taken the decisive action to punish top civil servants who altered figures... Read More

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February 26, 2016

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Budget padding: Adeosun, Udoma Udoma, others to be summoned by House of Reps

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Minister of Budget and Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, will soon be invited by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, to explain the inconsistencies, errors in the 2016 budget proposal. The committee would also invite Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Accountant General of the Federation and... Read More

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Budget-Padding Tracker: SERAP demands Dogara, others to resign

Budget-Padding Tracker: SSS seals Appropriations committee office

Budget padding is a norm in NASS – Senator Omoworare

Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin requests Dogara’s arrest, petitions EFCC, ICPC

Jibrin took the entire budget to a hideout… – Appropriation Committee members

Dogara denies giving $20,000 to members of Appropriation Committee (READ)

We have the right to add, subtract and adjust the budget – Ndume

‘Dogara has carefully designed a scheme to scam House Members’ – Jibrin

Jibrin is a coward, we would have suspended him if… – Rep Danlami Kurfi

Budget padding allegations against me are lies – Reps Minority Leader

BREAKING: Abdulmumin Jibrin accuses Speaker Dogara, others of corruption

Just In: House of Reps appropriation committee chairman sacked

184 top officials flushed out of Budget Office

Budget padding: Adeosun, Udoma Udoma, others to be summoned by House of Reps

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