APC bars Dogara, Jibrin, others from speaking to press about budget padding scandal
Fri Aug 05, 2016 07:58:am Politics
1.6K By Buchi Obichie
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; former chairman of Appropriation Committee, Abdulmunin Jibrin, and other lawmakers, were on Thursday barred by their party, the All Progressive Congress, APC, from speaking to the press about the budget padding issue.
The party formally wrote a letter to the leadership of the House and other APC lawmakers, barring them from making further comments on the allegations to the media.
Confirming the information, yesterday, a source privy to the development stated that APC, after seeing the dimension the controversy was taking, had come to the realization that, if left to fester in public domain, the issue was capable of destroying the anti corruption drive of the Buhari-administration.
He said: "If the question must be asked about the integrity of the Appropriation Act, certain responsibilities would also be placed at the doorstep of the President, who signed the document that is now adjudged to be padded.
"The question must also be asked that at what point did the executive decide to sign the document and under what circumstance?
"So should the leadership of the House or the National Assembly take the blames alone, because it takes two to tango, as far as passing and signing a bill into law is concerned?
"So I think the APC has now realised that if it allows the warring parties to continue the macabre dance, the world could also begin to see its failings."
The party formally wrote a letter to the leadership of the House and other APC lawmakers, barring them from making further comments on the allegations to the media.
Confirming the information, yesterday, a source privy to the development stated that APC, after seeing the dimension the controversy was taking, had come to the realization that, if left to fester in public domain, the issue was capable of destroying the anti corruption drive of the Buhari-administration.
He said: "If the question must be asked about the integrity of the Appropriation Act, certain responsibilities would also be placed at the doorstep of the President, who signed the document that is now adjudged to be padded.
"The question must also be asked that at what point did the executive decide to sign the document and under what circumstance?
"So should the leadership of the House or the National Assembly take the blames alone, because it takes two to tango, as far as passing and signing a bill into law is concerned?
"So I think the APC has now realised that if it allows the warring parties to continue the macabre dance, the world could also begin to see its failings."
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