Omisore says attempt to implicate him in “padding scandal” is unfortunate

Senator 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 […]

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Dogara: Nobody can prosecute me over budget padding

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 […]

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What Yakubu Dogara said after meeting with Buhari

Speaker 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 […]

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Dogara and allies want N40bn for themselves out of N100bn NASS budget

Former chairman of the Federal House of Representatives appropriation committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has revealed that Yakubu Dogara, the speaker of the house, is nothing but a hypocrite, alleging that Dogara is dining wit‎h the enemies of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said he was removed as the chairman of appropriation committee because he refused to yield to […]

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