The National Assembly has stated that the addition of $2 to the $42.5 oil benchmark originally estimated by the executive in the 2017 budget is no padding. The Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan, stated this while addressing State House reporters […]
The alleged padding of the 2016 budget has gotten the attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the anti-graft body has reportedly commenced investigations into the role played by some officials of govt in the matter. The […]
A total of 184 civil servants were disciplined for their different roles in the padding of the 2016 budget. This was contained in Buhari’s authorised biography, ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’, written by Prof. John Paden and […]
As the House of Representatives resumes next week, the leadership of the lower legislative chamber is poised to send the sacked chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on suspension. Jibrin had all through the the recess […]
Ex-Chairman, House of Representatives’ Appropriation Committee Abdulmumin Jibrin yesterday explained why the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, and other principal officers sought his expulsion. Jibrin said he attracted the wrath of the leadership when, as chair of the Appropriation Committee, he rejected […]
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos) has offered himself for investigation by security and anti-corruption agencies over alleged padding of the 2016 budget. Former Chair of Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC, Kano) had alleged Speaker […]
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuj?a today refused to hear two separate suits filed by a former Chairman, Appropriation Committee, House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, in relation to his travails over alleged budget padding. The court […]
Mr Femi Falana SAN has enjoyed unequaled public attention over the years because of his activism and principled stand on issues. When I saw his contribution on this padding subject which i have followed closely since its arrival in the […]
Embattled former House of Representatives Appropriation Committee Chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin has linked Senator Iyiola Omisore with the budget padding controversy. Omisore, who represented Osun East, was the chairman of the seventh Senate’s Appropriation Committee. In a letter to All Progressives […]
Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives appears to have modified his stance on the propriety of the alleged padding in this year’s budget in the Green Chamber of the National Assembly. Dogara yesterday denied reports suggesting that he […]
Former Chairman, Appropriation Committee, House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has sued the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, his Deputy, Yusuf Lasun, and other principal officers of the lower chamber over an alleged plan to suspend him. In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/595/2016, commenced […]
As investigation into allegations that Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and four other principal officers injected projects worth N281 billion into the 2016 budget continues, indications have emerged that the speaker have secured the support of majority […]
