Dogara diverted FG water project to his farm- Jibrin
Fri Jul 29, 2016 01:25:pm Politics
3.9K By Buchi Obichie
Embattled former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, House of Reps., Abdulmumin Jibrin, has made fresh allegations against the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara.
Jibrin has vowed to keep revealing sordid details relating to the budget padding scandal against the four principal officers whom he accused, until they are prosecuted.
In his latest allegation (Question 21), Jibrin accused Dogara of diverting a Federal Government water project to his farm in Nasarawa State.
Via his twitter handle, Jibrin, who now refers to himself as an "accidental activist," asked thus: "Allegation no 21 to Mr. Speaker: why did you fraudulently divert a Federal Government water project to your farm in Nasarawa State? How are you funding the farm?"
The former Committee Chairman declared that his dream was to reform the entire National Assembly, starting with the lower legislative chamber.
He explained how he would achieve this, stating, "When a new speaker emerges and the other principal officers replaced, I will write to the presiding officers of both chambers to commence a radical internal reform in the entire National Assembly beyond budget to cover performance assessment, running cost and allowances, investigations, etc.
"If the reform so done on the National Assembly is not made public latest by December, I shall take it up and lay before the general public even if I am alone.
"The idea is to do a cleanup, flush out corruption and corrupt members so that in 2019, only corrupt-free people, who want to serve, will come in."
Jibrin had alleged on Thursday last week that the four principal officers requested the inclusion of N40bn projects in the 2016 budget, besides sundry projects in sums ranging from N20bn to N30.
He claimed that he was sacked from his position as Committee Chairman by Dogara, due to his refusal to oblige the request, and his opposition to several financial infractions.
Jibrin has vowed to keep revealing sordid details relating to the budget padding scandal against the four principal officers whom he accused, until they are prosecuted.
In his latest allegation (Question 21), Jibrin accused Dogara of diverting a Federal Government water project to his farm in Nasarawa State.
Via his twitter handle, Jibrin, who now refers to himself as an "accidental activist," asked thus: "Allegation no 21 to Mr. Speaker: why did you fraudulently divert a Federal Government water project to your farm in Nasarawa State? How are you funding the farm?"
The former Committee Chairman declared that his dream was to reform the entire National Assembly, starting with the lower legislative chamber.
He explained how he would achieve this, stating, "When a new speaker emerges and the other principal officers replaced, I will write to the presiding officers of both chambers to commence a radical internal reform in the entire National Assembly beyond budget to cover performance assessment, running cost and allowances, investigations, etc.
"If the reform so done on the National Assembly is not made public latest by December, I shall take it up and lay before the general public even if I am alone.
"The idea is to do a cleanup, flush out corruption and corrupt members so that in 2019, only corrupt-free people, who want to serve, will come in."
Jibrin had alleged on Thursday last week that the four principal officers requested the inclusion of N40bn projects in the 2016 budget, besides sundry projects in sums ranging from N20bn to N30.
He claimed that he was sacked from his position as Committee Chairman by Dogara, due to his refusal to oblige the request, and his opposition to several financial infractions.
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