Herman Hembe, a member of the house of representatives from Benue state, has accused Abdulmumin Jibrin of running away from prosecution. Jibrin, who was suspended from the house over some allegations leveled against the leadership of the 8th assembly, is currently in London where he received an award. The suspended lawmaker has vowed not return […]
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives has handed down a 180 legislative days suspension to former chairman of the appropriations committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, a lawmaker from Kano, over an alleged breach of legislators’ privileges in the budget padding scandal.The House seats three days in a week and this consequently means that Mr. Jibrin’s suspension would last more than […]
Continue ReadingHuman rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has written a letter to Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, asking him to stop the ongoing probe against Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman appropriations.Jibrin is expected to appear before the ethics and priviledges committee on Monday, but in a letter dated September 23, Falana, who is also Jibrin’s […]
Continue ReadingAbdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the House of Representatives and former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, has said that he will not appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges except if the hearing will be public. This is contained in a statement he issued on Wednesday after the house resolved to […]
Continue ReadingAbdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the house of representatives, has said it is unfair and wicked to blame the economic challenges of Nigeria on President Muhammadu Buhari, who is just over a year in office.Mr. Jibrin was reacting to a statement by Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, where he said he was afraid of being stoned […]
Continue ReadingBy Abdulmumin Jibrin Today marks one month since we commenced the struggle to expose budget fraud and wipe out corruption in the House of Representatives. It has been a month of startling revelations; thirty days of threats and intimidations; and 720 hours of fervent struggle to exterminate corruption in the lower legislative chamber. Although it […]
Continue ReadingThe majority leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says he has submitted himself to the police for investigation into allegations of budget padding levelled against the leadership of the lower chamber. In a statement issued on Friday, Gbajabiamila said he was part of those who took the decision to relief Abdulmumin Jibrin of […]
Continue ReadingSenator Iyiola Omisore, a former deputy governor of Osun State, has faulted Abdulmumin Jibrin for describing him as the godfather to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, saying Jibrin’s attempt to implicate him in the budget padding scandal is unfortunate. Jibrin, former chairman, Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, had alleged […]
Continue ReadingThe speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has denied presenting himself as being above the law, alleging that the media misconstrued his statement regarding the crisis rocking the house. In a statement issued on his behalf by Turaki Hassan, his spokesman, Dogara said he was quoted out of context when he addressed journalists […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking on Thursday, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said no member of the national assembly can be investigated or charged to court for performing the constitutional responsibility of lawmaking, which includes budget scrutiny.Dogara spoke during a dialogue session with civil society groups in Abuja, saying that the 2016 budget had been […]
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