The immediate past Chairman, Committe on Appropriation , House of Representatives,.Hon Abdulmumni Jibril, has taken to Twitter to narrate and reveal in detail, how they padded the budget by inserting numerous constituency projects at behest of Mr.speaker ..

Read his full statement:

I am obliged to make further statement after listening to the full statement of Speaker Yakubu Dogara on why I had to leave as Chairman Appropriation. It is a fact I went up to the Speaker and told him clearly I wanted to leave. He confirmed this in his statement but it appeared he wished he had fired me instead of my personal decision to step down.
Thereafter I proceeded to my office. I was therefore not surprised when an aide of mine walked into my office to inform me that the Speaker had announced my departure. I was relieved and went straight to address the press and released a statement. It was only later in the evening while monitoring the news that I watched the full statement he made on the floor. Speaker Dogara’s statement was a complete misrepresentation of the facts, false, mischievous, unfair and a calculated attempt to bring my name to disrepute, blackmail, silence and use me as a scape goat.
The plan is to execute it just before the recess so that by the time we return I would have been buried and the issue forgotten. Mr Speaker, this issue will never be swept under the carpet. We are closing for recess with it and we shall commence the next session with this issue. This was the last option they had after every attempt to find something to nail me failed. It is a known fact that I am a very blunt person by nature. I don’t know how to pretend. I don’t do eye service neither will I ever be a sycophant. I don’t give returns. I just do my job faithfully and dedicatedly. My offence was asserting my independence and insisting that we do the right thing at all times and expose corrupt people in the House.
Lately I openly disagreed with some principal officers on the issue of immunity for Lawmakers and budget issues. I still maintained I will never support immunity. I strongly believe with every conviction that in cleaning up the budgeting system and considering what transpired during 2016 budget which I have all the facts documented, Speaker Dogara, Deputy Speaker Lasun, Whip Doguwa and minority Leader Leo Ogor should resign. These members of the body of principal officers were not comfortable with my independent disposition and my refusal to cover up their unilateral decision to allocate to themselves 40billion naira out of the 100billion allocated to the entire National Assembly.


The four of them met and took that decision. In addition to billions of wasteful projects running over 20 billion they allocated to their constituencies. They must come out clean. My inability to admit into the budget almost 30 billion personal requests from Mr. Speaker and the 3 other principal officers also became an issue. I have every documented evidence to this effect. After the submission of the first version of the budget which was returned by Mr. President, I briefed members in executive session and told them as agreed at our pre budget meeting with chairmen and deputy chairmen of standing committees, we simply adopted their reports with little amendments. No body faulted my submission.
Members insisted they must know how the N100 billion was allocated. I told them the truth. Since after that meeting, Mr Speaker with the suport of the three other principal officers effectively blocked me from briefing members, ensured I was not at the last executive session and refused to investigate issues I raised that I believe must be addressed if we intend to build a better budget system for the House. I gave Mr. Speaker statistics of 2000 new projects introduced into the budget by less than 10 committee chairmen without the knowledge of their committee members he did nothing about it because he was part of the mess yet he is talking about improving the budget system. I did nothing wrong. I worked within the rules of the House and instructions of Mr. Speaker. During the budget period, Mr. President graciously granted myself and Sen. Goje audience.
It was a very good meeting. Speaker Dogara took it extremely personal that we saw the president without his knowledge and went on to scuttle all our efforts to help the president during the budget process because he wanted to be seen by the president as the only good man. He forgot that he sees heads of MDA’s daily which he enjoys doing more than his job as Speaker for reasons best known to him anyway, without Mr. President’s knowledge. That is how petty and narrow minded Dogara can be. A coward, hypocrite and pretender of the highest order. Mr President must be very careful with him. He wines with Mr. President and dines with Mr. Presidents enemies. I am glad that I am finally free from his emotional blackmail of constantly trying to make me see my appointment as appropriation chairman as a favour.
He has failed to realise that I came a long way and even attained chairman finance when he was chairman House services before this appointment. Seeing as the Speaker claimed that they have taken the decision or were going to take decision to replace me, he now has a responsibility to tell the world why they took or were going to take such decision. I challenge them to tell the world why? I will be releasing a more detailed statement in due course.
Meanwhile, I intend to explore all internal avenues of the House to brief my colleagues in detail and testify against Speaker Dogara, Deputy Lasun, Whip Doguwa and Minority leader Leo Ogor on why they should resign. If I am not allowed to exercise my privilege, I shall consider legal options. I can no longer bear the brunt of abuses and baseless allegations keeping quiet all in the name of “confidentiality” expected of an appropriation chairman. I will not allow anybody no matter how highly placed to destroy my life as intended by the full statement of Speaker Yakubu Dogara. Now Nigerians will see clearly the ulterior motive behind the desperate moves for immunity for principal officers of the National Assembly.
Speaker denies
The speaker has denied the allegations.
A statement by the spokesperson for the house, Abdulrazak Namdas, dismissed Mr. Jibrin’s claims.
Full statement:
Our attention has been down to media statements made by the former Chairman of House Appropriation Committee, Hon Abdulmumuni Jibrin wherein he made wild allegations against the House of Representatives and its leaders.
We wish to say that it is the prerogative of the Selection Committee of the House to appoint and remove Committee Chairmen. That power has been so exercised in the case of Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin as chairman of Appropriation Committee.
Most of the allegations on the 2016 budget process and his opposition to immunity of Presiding officers are non-issues and mere afterthought manufactured simply because the House relieved him of his position.
If he had all these ‘facts’ before, why didn’t he make them public? Why is he doing that now?
Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, like any other member of the House knows that there are conventions and precedents as it relates to budgets and projects for principal officers of the National Assembly. Why is he making it an issue now? In any case, he is entitled to his opinion as a Nigerian and as a legislator while acting within the laws of Nigeria and rules of the House.
We must make it abundantly clear that he was not removed because of his support or otherwise on immunity bill. After all he is not the only one who opposed the bill.


The bill is still pending before committee on review of constitution and it has to be voted upon by each and every member of the House, get Senate concurrence, endorsed by two-third of the 36 State Houses of Assembly and be assented to by the President. It is a cheap blackmail on the part of Hon. Jibrin to even insinuate that he was removed because he opposed immunity bill.
He should not distract the House from giving legislative support on important issues facing the government concerning the revival of the economy, insecurity in the country, pursuit of anti-corruption measures, poverty alleviation, infrastructural development etc. The Nigerian people are simply not ready to waste their time on personal issues and personal egos of our leaders. We should face the urgent tasks before us for which we were elected.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/207306-breaking-dogara-tried-pad-n30-billion-budget-sacked-house-appropriation-chair.html

They abuse him for not signing budget on time.If he had,Dogara&Co would've made cool N30b!.....


Respect to Buhari, anyday!

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Mr President must be very careful with him.

He wines with Mr President and dines with Mr President's enemies- Abdulmumin Jibrin

Let the fight continue.

My inability to admit into the budget almost N30bn personal requests from Mr. Speaker & the 3 other principal officers also became an issue~Abdulmumni

A drowning man making no sense.

He should have said all this,before he got booted out from his position.

Dogara must have been in the know,as this guy could not have been this bold to pad 4 Billion Naira,without knowing it will not pass.

This Dogara?I remember when he pulled a Saraki on us,he should not let us re-open his case.

Saw this on twitter and been sincerely disappointed since... Don't see any hope for this country anymore...

He wants Dogara, Lasun, Doguwa and Leo Ogor to all resign, what about General Muhammadu Dullard?

Jibrin was the arrow head of the Dogara speakership campaign, guess what united them eventually seperated them!!! Corruption..

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modath:


Jibrin was the arrow head of the Dogara speakership campaign, guess what united them eventually seperated them!!! Corruption..

Femi Gbaja will be LMAOing right now.

Yawa gas

modath:


Saw this on twitter and been sincerely disappointed since... Don't see any hope for this country anymore...

kikikikikikiiki

APC vs APC.. round two


.. Continues hawking wailers form

Mynd44:

Femi Gbaja will be LMAOing right now.

More like crying in one corner, Dogara is not about to be removed is he?

The Progressives are doing what they know how to do best... LOL

What's my business if dog chop dog

Tonyebarcanista I don tire for this country

Take a look at these zombies questioning the man's decision not to support the criminal Gbajabiamila. The man brought forward claims and instead of them focusing on it, they are asking him why he voted Dogara. Are Zombies not cursed with schizophrenia?

TonyeBarcanista:
The Progressives are doing what they know how to do best... LOL

It's like somebody said he is tired of the country already


continues shouting .. buy wailers form and get one gala free

Mynd44:

Femi Gbaja will be LMAOing right now.

Definitely... but too little too late..


The person with egg on his on face in all this is the president... He will be ruing his gaffe: He had every chance of stamping his authority on NASS leadership choices but he

It seems EVERYBODY in this country is CORRUPT except me.
Heavens know, I will survive..

Let Apc keep on killing each other while the wailers observe the madness

Sometimes, u won't just know how to comment..

NgeneUkwenu:
Tonyebarcanista I don tire for this country

Lol no tire o.Some PDP youths are taking the bull by the horn by demanding for a structure within the party and real involvement. This movement is Open to all young people that desire to see real change of guard and injection of new blood into the system.

It is not about wailing or hailing the oldies that have repeatedly shown that their own is more important than the masses. I will be glad if you people in APC will join us or consider it amongst yourselves while we see where it leads to.

TippyTop:



kikikikikikiiki

Congrats! See what the cat dragged in...

Your wound has healed and you finally fell back into my mentions... ,learn to keep it civil and you won't get a 2 by 4 right in the middle on your temple (again)....

BTW, I'm not pained, just disappointed in Dogara, thought he was different... dazall.

dunkem21:



It's like somebody said he is tired of the country already


continues shouting .. buy wailers form and get one gala free

Well, this is becoming an issue that demands serious attention. see how they are playing draft with our common wealth

TonyeBarcanista:

Lol no tire o.Some PDP youths are taking the bull by the horn by demanding for a structure within the party and real involvement. This movement is Open to all young people that desire to see real change of guard and injection of new blood into the system.

It is not about wailing or hailing the oldies that have repeatedly shown that their own is more important than the masses. I will be glad if you people in APC will join us or consider it amongst yourselves while we see where it leads to.

Men! It is no longer funny....Corruption, sharing, looting everywhere...

NgeneUkwenu:




Men! It is no longer funny....Corruption, sharing, looting everywhere...

Repeat am again!!! No break, no control!!

NgeneUkwenu:




Men! It is no longer funny....Corruption, sharing, looting everywhere...

The story is the same in both camps. The solution is simply introduction of a new system to be led by spirited party and other youths that are not beneficiaries of the oldies corrupt system.

If the movement doesn't actualise what it aimed at within the political parties, it could transmute into a political movement and eventually a party driven by youngies and pursued by them.

Trust me, that is the way forward...

I think Gbaja is principled, Buhari now knows the cog in the nation's wheel of progress. Both senate and rep are disasters because of the mischievous politics of Buhari to clamp down Tinubu by all means. He's being distracted by the problem he should have solved long time ago. It sucks to be Bubu walahi