Nigeria In One Minute
Dogara replaces Appropriations Committee chairman
House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara has removed Abdulmumin Jibrin from Kano state, as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and replaced him with the House Chairman on Housing, Mustapha Bala Dawaki also from Kano state and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Jibrin is said to have hard serious disagreements with his colleagues over the handling of the controversial 2016 budget.
But the Speaker said it was Jibrin himself who requested for his removal from the committee.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.