Abuja – The ‘Transparency Group’ of the House of Representatives on Wednesday demanded the investigation of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged padding of the 2016 budget.

The lawmakers made this known in Abuja while briefing journalists.


They insisted that Dogara and other principal officers mentioned in the budget padding scam, and Abdulmumin Jibrin, former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, be investigated by relevant “external” government agencies.

Jibrin had alleged that the 2016 budget was jacked up using 10 of the 96 Standing Committees in the House.

Speaking on behalf of the Transparency Group, Rep. Musa Soba (APC-Kaduna) claimed that about 113 signatures had been collected from lawmakers from the six geopolitical zones and across party lines before Sallah break.

According to him, this is to compel the speaker to explain noticed discrepancies in the budget.

“We call for an external investigation into the matter, to enable us know if our principal officers are guilty or not.

“For this group, we say the budget was padded and as such, the budget being a document that belongs to all Nigerians, it is no longer an internal affair”, Sabo said.
He called on the speaker to desist from making Jibrin’s allegations look like a problem of the house.

He maintained that henceforth, the speaker, the deputy speaker, the majority whip and the minority leader should confront the allegations made against them as individuals.

“We urge the leadership of the House of Representatives to stop presenting the 2016 budget padding allegations as the problem of the entire house.

“Let those at the centre of the controversy answer to all the allegations made against them individually and collectively in line with legal practice and our criminal justice system,” Soba added.

SamMilla1:
The government of Nigeria has lost focus on governance. Scandals and economic hardship has taken over the land. Foreign exchange currently determines itself because there is no structure whatsoever to keep it on check.

The Northern Team at the central bank, headed by one Emefiele stooge from the south has succeeded in taking us closer to Zimbabwe than any other country in the World.

Another Team of Northern illiterates headed by one stooge Kemi Adeosun from the south, does nothing else except weeding out every PDP sympathizer from the ministry of Finance after tagging them ghost workers.

One thing people failed to understand was that Okonjo Iweala wasn't just a minister of finance, she was also stubborn enough not to allow some useless demonic governors and politicians dictate to her. This Kemi doesn't strike me as someone who can tell El Rufai to sit down.
......

Buhari is losing grip of the economy while chasing money we don't know anything about.
He did this in 1984 and it created poverty in the land to the extent that people queued to receive sugar and milk.

Now people are owing at the grocery stores all over the country and both houses of the National Assembly are busy fighting while Masses suffer everyday.

aresa:



The same okonjo who created #Dasukigate by colluding with crooked and corrupt jona to hand over our money to Dasuki for looting and sharing with shady characters like Metuh, Okupeh, Omisore and the rest of jona's criminal gang.


The same okonjo who had no clue about our money, who looked the other way while ministries and agencies operate multiple accounts to defraud Nigerians, the same woman who had no clue or intentionally looked the other way while NNPC defrauded Nigerians right under her nose before later admitting that $10 billion was missing, the same woman who was borrowing billions to pay workers salary, the same woman who told us to prepare for suffering when oil price was $60.

Thank God Nigerians kicked her and her worthless and incompetent jona to the curb..

Abeg clear road wiith that rubbish.

aresa:



The same okonjo who created #Dasukigate by colluding with crooked and corrupt jona to hand over our money to Dasuki for looting and sharing with shady characters like Metuh, Okupeh, Omisore and the rest of jona's criminal gang.


The same okonjo who had no clue about our money, who looked the other way while ministries and agencies operate multiple accounts to defraud Nigerians, the same woman who had no clue or intentionally looked the other way while NNPC defrauded Nigerians right under her nose before later admitting that $10 billion was missing, the same woman who was borrowing billions to pay workers salary, the same woman who told us to prepare for suffering when oil price was $60.

Thank God Nigerians kicked her and her worthless and incompetent jona to the curb..

Abeg clear road wiith that rubbish.

SamMilla1:


Anu Mpama.

Go to the street and ask masses how they fared during Okonjo Iweala and how they fare now.

You can continue shouting oil oil oil until you die, people don't drink oil, they eat rice.

Okonjo-Iweala warns of economic recession ON JUNE 14, 2012


Okonjo-Iweala, who gave the warning during the weekly meeting at the Presidential Villa cited the slide in the price of crude oil

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/okonjo-iweala-warns-of-economic-recession/

Nigerian govt borrowing billions to pay salaries – Okonjo-Iweala


In the face of dwindling oil revenues, Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the Federal Government has borrowed about N473billion to pay salaries and fund the 2015 budget.

The Minister, who was speaking in Abuja on the details of the N4.493trillion appropriation already passed by the National Assembly, said the federal government had to raise its borrowing level from N570 billion to N882 billion to enable it meet its financial obligations to workers and contractors.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/182543-nigerian-govt-borrowing-billions-to-pay-salaries-okonjo-iweala.html

aresa:
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STFU....





The useless woman told us to get ready for suffering when oil was $86.46 in 2012.

So exactly what should the situation be in 2016 and $30 oil price.


Silly Igbos...

aresa:




The useless woman was borrowing to pay salaries same month PMB took over....

aresa:



The same okonjo who created #Dasukigate by colluding with crooked and corrupt jona to hand over our money to Dasuki for looting and sharing with shady characters like Metuh, Okupeh, Omisore and the rest of jona's criminal gang.


The same okonjo who had no clue about our money, who looked the other way while ministries and agencies operate multiple accounts to defraud Nigerians, the same woman who had no clue or intentionally looked the other way while NNPC defrauded Nigerians right under her nose before later admitting that $10 billion was missing, the same woman who was borrowing billions to pay workers salary, the same woman who told us to prepare for suffering when oil price was $60.

Thank God Nigerians kicked her and her worthless and incompetent jona to the curb..

Abeg clear road wiith that rubbish.

SamMilla1:


Silly Coward,
All of a sudden, Okonjo Iweala has become an accepted economic prophet to you. What an irony.


Okonjo Iweala gave warning of recession in 2012,
She managed to stabilize the economy in 2012,
in 2013,
in 2014
Until your Dullard took over in may 2015.
Then everything started pointing south.

We all know how dollar increased during her tenure, adding a few naira here and there without much notice.
But as soon as your Illiterate dullard took over, Nigeria and Zimbabwe began to share Forex and economic border..



But of course, you and your fellow us less lazy set of Zombies will only wear your eye glasses to look at the oil from Niger Delta.
Nothing else matters.

But you are very quick to criminalize anybody from Niger Delta who as much as ask questions about oil. Now you accept oil has been feeding your lazy azz from day one.
Dont go and find work to do, keep wasting your time checking oil prices daily.

omenka:
The same Okonjo Iwahala he claimed "didn't allow governors dictate to her" it the same woman it was whom they try to absolve when we say she squandered the excess crude account claiming it was the governors that insisted that it be shared. Suddenly, she has turned to someone that couldn't be dictated to.

These guys are nothing but cyber space pollutants.

SamMilla1:


Anu Mpama.

Go to the street and ask masses how they fared during Okonjo Iweala and how they fare now.

You can continue shouting oil oil oil until you die, people don't drink oil, they eat rice.

omenka:
The same Okonjo Iwahala he claimed "didn't allow governors dictate to her" it the same woman it was whom they try to absolve when we say she squandered the excess crude account claiming it was the governors that insisted that it be shared. Suddenly, she has turned to someone that couldn't be dictated to.

These guys are nothing but cyber space pollutants.

SamMilla1:


Anu Mpama.

Go to the street and ask masses how they fared during Okonjo Iweala and how they fare now.

You can continue shouting oil oil oil until you die, people don't drink oil, they eat rice.

omenka:
The same Okonjo Iwahala he claimed "didn't allow governors dictate to her" it the same woman it was whom they try to absolve when we say she squandered the excess crude account claiming it was the governors that insisted that it be shared. Suddenly, she has turned to someone that couldn't be dictated to.
thks
These guys are nothing but cyber space pollutants.

cktheluckyman:


The Govs did not dictate to her!!! They took the case to court and won in court dear!! Learn how to read

SamMilla1:
The government of Nigeria has lost focus on governance. Scandals and economic hardship has taken over the land. Foreign exchange currently determines itself because there is no structure whatsoever to keep it on check.

The Northern Team at the central bank, headed by one Emefiele stooge from the south has succeeded in taking us closer to Zimbabwe than any other country in the World.

Another Team of Northern illiterates headed by one stooge Kemi Adeosun from the south, does nothing else except weeding out every PDP sympathizer from the ministry of Finance after tagging them ghost workers.

One thing people failed to understand was that Okonjo Iweala wasn't just a minister of finance, she was also stubborn enough not to allow some useless demonic governors and politicians dictate to her. This Kemi doesn't strike me as someone who can tell El Rufai to sit down.
......

Buhari is losing grip of the economy while chasing money we don't know anything about.
He did this in 1984 and it created poverty in the land to the extent that people queued to receive sugar and milk.

Now people are owing at the grocery stores all over the country and both houses of the National Assembly are busy fighting while Masses suffer everyday.

cktheluckyman:


The Govs did not dictate to her!!! They took the case to court and won in court dear!! Learn how to read