Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin. Mr. Dogara said he gave this newspaper a seven-day grace period for it to retract and apologise for publishing the July 25 article unfolding budget padding scandal involving him, Mr. Dogara and other House principal officers.
Mr. Jibrin, a lawmaker from Kano State, said Mr. Dogara colluded with his deputy, Yusuf Lasun, Chief Whip Alhassan Doguwa, and Minority Whip Leo Ogor to allot up to ₦40 billion to themselves in the budget. The lawmakers denied the allegations and said Mr. Jibrin was angry because he lost his position as chairman of Committee on Appropriation.
However, Members of the House of Representatives
The group also claimed that it had collected signatures from about 100 members of the House, cutting across the six geopolitical zones of the country and from different political parties, dissociating themselves from the media briefing by the chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, saying the allegations had nothing to do with the entire House.
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Boutoru Law Ebis and 2 others like this.
Yvonne Onaibe
Jibrin no want hear abeg o
Endy Edeson
@yvonne: it's a Political House of Commotion
Adesuyi Olukayode
IF DOGARA IS CLEAN ,HE SHOULD AHEAD SUE PREMIUM TIMES AND JUBRIN TO PROVE IS INNOCENSE. WE DONT WANT EMPTY THREAT JARE.
Samuel Fernando
Even
Jibrin himself need to be checked cos he knew it all and could not say
anything until Dogara removed him from chairing a committee he now blew
the whistle. He's not serious at all
Ezeji Nnecky Chidinma
Tell me why these avengers will not continue with what they are doing