#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 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 15, 2016

Jibrin will not stop until Dogara is completely and utterly destroyed – 5 takeaways on what this means

by Joachim MacEbong Today, former House Committee Chair on Appropriation and Kano representative, Abdulmumin Jibrin on came on Twitter and made a very weird announcement – he would be continuing his assault on House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dokara in 207 tweets. 207 tweets! What rage, what bitterness would drive a serious minded 40-year-old public... Read More

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August 15, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: Jibrin reported Dogara, 3 others to APC and these are their sins

The scandal that hit the House of Representatives when ousted Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin blew open a ring of alleged ‘budget padders’ involving the Speaker as well as 3 other principal officers of the House is certainly far from over. The whistle-blower, Jibrin wrote a letter to the Chairman of the All... Read More

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August 15, 2016

#BudgetPaddingTracker: These are the 13 lawmakers Jibrin accused of corruption

Former chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives and unofficial ‘whistle-blower’, Abdulmumin Jibrin has more allegations to throw at several members of the hallowed chambers. Jibrin began opening the first chapter of his many revelations when he first blew open an alleged budget padding scam involving the four principal officers of the... 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 has 207 tweets for you and YNaija will be on it

‎Former Appropriation Committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin is back in his tweeting element‎ has he has promised to engage us this Monday morning with hundreds of tweets. Yes, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership tried to rein in him weeks ago – ‎telling him to seal his lips, but of-course, no one said he should not... Read More

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