Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), on Wednesday called for the prosecution of anyone indicted for budget padding.
He insisted that those connected to the matter should be prosecuted to serve as deterrent to others.
Speaking with journalists at the Health Caravan and Award Ceremony for the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, who was conferred with the title of Royal Ambassador for Hepatitis Advocacy in Nigeria, by the Seham Health Care Foundation, Gowon wondered why budget padding has become the order of the day in Nigeria.
He said such never occurred during his administration.
He said: “If that is true. If anybody is doing that, the person should be checked and stopped to ensure that such does not occur in the future. We didn’t do it during my time. We had the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo in-charge of our finance during my time and he taught us to survive without borrowing. Such (budget padding) should stop, there is no point doing that.”
The former Head of State also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to firm up the ailing economy in order to alleviate the suffering of the masses.

If Jibrin was ever honest, he would have been the first to agree with PMB. It is pride that he has and that will finish him. He has made several mistakes, even the evidence against Dogara he is bringing...funny enough, those are within the powers of the Speakers office to approve "requests" made by members and "recommend" to Jibrin's committee. And those amounts all came under the 100 billion naira allocated to National Assembly for zonal intervention. From his evidence, we even saw how Dogara was approving only 40% of what the members were begging for. But can Jibrin show us who he consulted before adding 4 billion naira as his own share of the zonal intervention?

But whatever the case is, all of these issues are not stealing, neither are they abuse of office, because the house procedure is not clear on who has the powers to share the zonal intervention funds. So all he has succeeded in doing is defamation....he will not only be expelled from the house, he will be made to pay. He thinks Femi Gbajabiamila will be able to save him..unfortunately, from that video, he is more of an APC enemy than Dogara...and no one wants to associate with such a pompous criminal.

Aroh48:
Jail

sayyid:
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eleko1:
m

CACAWA:
Ok

NaijaMutant:
ok