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| SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by NwaEzefuNaMba(op): 3:53pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
Agents of Nigeria’s secret police, State Security Service, on Saturday sealed the secretariat of the House Committee on Appropriation, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. The closure marked the latest development in the ongoing political and media war between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and a lawmaker from Kano State, Abdulmumin Jibrin, over alleged manipulation of line items and figures in the 2016 Appropriation Bill. Mr. Jibrin began working to oust Mr. Dogara from office a day after the Speaker announced his removal as chairman of Appropriation Committee on allegations that he committed serial betrayal of trust. PREMIUM TIMES sources said SSS officials stormed the secretariat, which serves as offices for the 40-member appropriation committee and its staff, and immediately placed it under lock and key. The sources said the SSS also sealed Mr. Jibrin’s office at Room 1.05 in the New House of Representatives building. The development followed Mr. Jibrin’s statement on Thursday that Mr. Dogara ordered removal of workstation from the Appropriation Committee Secretariat and allegedly attempted to break into his office. Mr. Jibrin had reportedly visited the SSS Headquarters on Friday to brief the agency about the budget padding scandal rocking the House. He also called on EFCC and ICPC to commence investigation into the crisis with a view to prosecuting those involved. Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, were unsuccessful as his phone was switched off. Speaker Dogara’s spokesperson, Turaki Hassan, disconnected a phone call upon hearing it was a PREMIUM TIMES’ enquiry. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/207816-breaking-sss-seals-appropriation-committee-secretariat-budget-padding-scandal.html |
| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by dunkem21(m): 3:57pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
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| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by tolam4skywd(m): 4:01pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
Fight Against Corruption... FAC |
| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by Mynd44(mod): 4:05pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by nnachukz(m): 4:48pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
OK. They should arrest Dogara on sight. By now he must be regretting to have acted before thinking. I believe it was just fate that got him and Jibril exposed. 1 Like |
| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by koladebrainiac(m): 4:54pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
Shame Its getting messier everyday Dogara lost this one |
| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by mazichika: 4:56pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
nnachukz:No mind that coward who derives joy in talking nonsense about GEJ. |
| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by oladele239(m): 5:04pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
G |
| Re: SSS Seals Appropriation Committee Secretariat Over Budget Padding Scandal. by NwaEzefuNaMba(op): 5:18pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
Mynd44:Then lock the thread nah! What are you waiting for? |
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