Politics

Jibrin to give day to day report on Dogara’s ‘sins’

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8 years ago

July 28, 2016

Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that Yakubu Dogara illegally diverted a Federal Government water project to his farm in Nasarawa state.

And like a talking drum, he has said that he will every day reveal alleged evils of Speaker Dogara and the three other principal officers of the House he alleged collaborated with Speaker to pad the budget.

He vowed not to stop uncovering their corrupt practices until the law catches up with them.

The current news maker and former House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, said this in a statement he released today.

Part of the statement reads, “Good morning fellow Nigerians, every day I will give additional allegation against Mr Speaker and the three others until the law catches up with them.

“Allegation no 21 to Mr Speaker, why did you fraudulently divert Federal Government water project to your farm in Nasarawa and how are you funding the farm?

“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 NASS beyond budget to cover performance assessment, running cost and allowances, investigations etc.

“If the reform so done on NASS 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 clean-up, flush out corruption and corrupt members, so that in 2019, only corrupt free people who want to serve will come in.

“God Almighty knows, I am not perfect but as I approach 40 years in September, I have always wondered what is it, that I can live and die for…?”

Jibrin accused the Speaker, his deputy, Lasun Yusuf, Chief Whip, Ado Doguwa, and Minority Leader, Leo Ogor of padding the 2016 budget and has continued to reveal more alleged practices of corruption the Speaker and the three other engaged in to buttress his allegation.

By Ebere Ndukwu

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