Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has been lambasted for claiming budget padding is not a crime under the Nigerian law. The Speaker’s comment was faulted by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, in a statement released on Sunday. The group, through its executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, maintained that, “Budget padding in fact…
It seems those who want Yakubu Dogara removed as Speaker of the House of Representatives are not planning to let him be until their plan materialises. Just when the Speaker is still battling with allegations of padding the 2016 budget raised by former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, pictures of a…
Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, August 1, 2016, went to the Abuja office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to submit his petition against Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara. Jibrin accused Dogara and other members of the House of padding the 2016…
Former House Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Abdulmumuni Jibrin, has maintained that he will not retract his allegations against Speaker of the House of Representatives that he used his office to pad the 2016 budget. On Wednesday, the Speaker had threatened to institute a legal action against Jibrin if he fails to tender an unreserved apology…
A member of the House of Representatives, Nicholas Ossai, has stressed that there is no way an external body can launch an investigation into their activities because the House has its own mechanism of dealing with any issues. Ossai, who is House Committee Chairman on Ethics, faulted calls for the investigation of Speaker of the…
There was pandemonium on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in the hallowed chambers of the House of Representatives when two of its members exchanged resounding slaps. Crisis erupted between the lawmakers over the composition of the standing and special committees by the Speaker of House, Yakubu Dogara. It was gathered that Honourable Hermans Hembe and Aliyu…
President Muhammadu Buhari finally met with leadership of the National Assembly, NASS, at the State House in Abuja. The meeting, which was held behind closed-door on Wednesday night, was attended by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. It was also attended by some lawmakers…