The governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, has denied being one of those behind fuelling the budget padding allegations rocking the House of Representatives at the moment. In a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Abubakar al-Sadique, the governor urged members of the House of Representatives facing allegations of having padded the 2016 budget to…
Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, August 1, 2016, went to the Abuja office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to submit his petition against Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. Jibrin accused Dogara and other members of the House of padding the 2016…
Former House Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Abdulmumuni Jibrin, has maintained that he will not retract his allegations against Speaker of the House of Representatives that he used his office to pad the 2016 budget. On Wednesday, the Speaker had threatened to institute a legal action against Jibrin if he fails to tender an unreserved apology…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has threatened to drag his colleague, Abdulmumin Jibrin, to court if he, within seven days, fails to tender an unreserved apology to him and retract all allegations made against him. Dogara made this known in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs,…
A member of the House of Representatives, Nicholas Ossai, has stressed that there is no way an external body can launch an investigation into their activities because the House has its own mechanism of dealing with any issues. Ossai, who is House Committee Chairman on Ethics, faulted calls for the investigation of Speaker of the…