Budget-Padding Tracker: APC says it cannot discipline Jibrin

Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara’s security details may be withdrawn

There are insinuations that the Federal Government may withdraw the security details attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara over the controversy surrounding the 2016 budget, The Vanguard reports. Reports also say that the Majority leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila is likely to be drawn into the budget padding brouhaha as a document linking... Read More

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Budget-Padding Tracker: DSS has no business investigating reps – Falana

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and civil rights activist, Femi Falana has said that the Depart of State Service has no business investigating allegations of budget padding in the National Assembly. A former chairman of the Appropriation committee in the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin had accused the speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara,... Read More

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Budget-Padding Tracker: Jibrin releases pictures of Dogara’s ‘guest houses’ in Abuja

Former Chaiman of the House committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has released pictures of what he called guest houses of Speaker Dogara along Panama Crescent in Maitama Abuja. Jibrin sent the pictures to Premium Times Saturday night. Jibrin had repeatedly said in his allegations that Dogara allegedly looted funds meant for legislative duties personal use.... Read More

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

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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Budget-Padding Tracker: Involving DSS is wrong – Ogor

The Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor, on Saturday said the State Security Service, SSS should not have been involved in the budget padding crisis in the assembly. Ogor said the police and the two anti-graft agencies, EFCC and ICPC, were more appropriate to investigate the scandal. Ogor spoke following the announcement... Read More

July 30, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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 28, 2016

Why I’m just accusing Dogara of budget padding – Jibrin

The former chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin has given reasons why he waited till now before accusing Speaker Dogara and other principal officers of corruption. He gave his reasons through a statement released on Thursday. Jibrin made allegations of budget fraud against Dogara and three other principal officers, Lasun Yusuf,... Read More

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July 27, 2016

Jibrin to Dogara: Shameless fraud, I will never apologise to you

Former Chairman House committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has said he would never apologise to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The Speaker had earlier on Wednesday, given Jibrin an ultimatum of 7 days to apologise for his ‘false’ accusation. Jibrin had accused Dogara and three other principal officers of the House of Representatives of... Read More

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July 27, 2016

Dogara gives Jibrin 7 days to retract allegations against him

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara, has given a seven day ultimatum to Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin to tender an unreserved apology to him and retract all allegations made against him or face legal action. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs to the Speaker,... Read More

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July 26, 2016

Just In: Pres. Buhari commissions Abuja-Kaduna rail project (PHOTOS)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna commercial rail operation. The inauguration had several senior government officials in attendance such as the president of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Minister for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi amongst others. The commissioning of the project had been postponed on different... Read More

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July 22, 2016

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

July 22, 2016

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 22, 2016

Dogara, others using the police to harass me – Abdulmumin Jibrin

Lawyers of former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin have said Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three Principal officers accused of N40 billion budget padding are using the police to intimidate and harass their client. A press release in Abuja on Friday by Jibrin’s lawyers titled, ‘Attempt to blackmail and harass our client Honourable Abdulmumin... Read More

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Opinion: Abdulmumin Jibrin’s bad, childish, inappropriate behaviour

by Jumai Abubakar The Nigerian political scene has presented Nigerians with one form of drama or the other since May 2015 when the Buhari administration was sworn in. From the anti-corruption fight and interesting testimonies from detained suspects, to the protracted legal battle against Senate President Bukola Saraki and more recently, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.... Read More

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‘Make all your ‘facts’ public,’ Dogara dares Jibrin (READ)

by Isime Esene The Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has reacted to a statement by the sacked Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin accusing him and other leaders of the House of corruption. In a series of tweets monitored by YNaija hours ago, Jibrin said he was victimized... Read More

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House of Rep member dies in Abuja

A member of the House of Representatives representing Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency of Lagos State has died in Abuja. Mr. Elijah Adewale Oluwatayo reportedly died on Wednesday, but information about the incident filtered into the National Assembly on Thursday. He was the Chairman, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government between 2004 and 2007 before serving as a Special Adviser on... Read More

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Hon. Jibrin blasts Dogara, explains why he was sacked (READ)

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 making an attempt... Read More

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

No one sacked me as Appropriation chairman, I stepped down – Jibrin

Former chairman of the House committee on appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin has denied media reports that he was sacked. Earlier today it was reported that the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara had sacked Jibrin as the committee’s chairman. Honourable Jibrin made the clarification via his Twitter account (@AbdulAmbJ), saying he stepped down in the interest... Read More

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July 20, 2016

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

July 20, 2016

Ebonyi is growing its IGR faster than others, Kwara is slowest

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has stated that the country has to diversify its economy from dependence on oil revenue. Dogara was speaking at the Chattered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria Abuja Tax Week on the ‘Dilemma of Improving Tax Revenue in Tough Economic Times’. The Speaker told his audience how... Read More

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July 19, 2016

PIB: Nigeria’s petroleum industry needs total restructuring – Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has stated that the National Assembly will engage with all stakeholders on contentious issues as it begins work on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Dogara made this remark while speaking during the National Stakeholders Summit on Petroleum Industry Reforms organised by the House Committees on Petroleum... Read More