Speaking 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 […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara met President Muhammadu Buhari at about 2:25 pm on Friday, to discuss an issue suspected to be the budget padding scandal rocking the House of Representatives.On leaving the President’s office at exactly 2:58 pm, Dogara told reporters that he has never heard of “budget padding” and that […]
Continue ReadingThe leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), apparently embarrassed by the budget padding allegation being levelled against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara by Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the federal house of representatives, has ordered Jibrin not to make any further comment on budget padding. The party gave the order […]
Continue ReadingMr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called for investigation and prosecution of federal lawmakers involved in the padding of the 2016 budget, but said the Department of State Service does not have the moral and legal rights to carry out the probe. The Human rights lawyer made his position known in a statement on Sunday, stating that […]
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