It
is going to be serious trouble for the Speaker of the House of
Representatives as members now want the EFCC and ICPC to probe Dogara
over budget padding.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the
sacked Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin,
might soon be facing serious legal issues as the ‘Transparency Group’ of
the House of Representatives on Wednesday demanded that the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) commence probe on the two over
alleged padding of the 2016 budget.
According to a Vanguard report, the lawmakers made this known in
Abuja while briefing journalists. The group insisted that Dogara and
other principal officers mentioned in the budget padding scam, and
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations,
be investigated by relevant “external” government agencies.
Jibrin had alleged that the 2016 budget was jacked up using 10 of the 96 Standing Committees in the House.
The report reveals that Musa Soba (APC-Kaduna) while speaking on
behalf of the Transparency Group, claimed that about 113 signatures had
been collected from lawmakers from the six geopolitical zones and across
party lines before Sallah break.
“We call for an external investigation into the matter, to enable us know if our principal officers are guilty or not.
“For this group, we say the budget was padded and as such, the
budget being a document that belongs to all Nigerians, it is no longer
an internal affair”, Sabo said.
He called on the speaker to desist from making Jibrin’s allegations look like a problem of the house.
He maintained that henceforth, the speaker, the deputy speaker, the
majority whip and the minority leader should confront the allegations
made against them as individuals.
“We urge the leadership of the House of Representatives to stop
presenting the 2016 budget padding allegations as the problem of the
entire house.
“Let those at the centre of the controversy answer to all the
allegations made against them individually and collectively in line with
legal practice and our criminal justice system,” Soba added.
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