The House of
Representatives said it would conduct an internal probe into the
eight-month tenure of its former chairman of the committee on
appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, over allegations levelled against him
by members and some government agencies.
The House also said
it would refer Jibrin to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt and Related Offences Commission
(ICPC) over his handling of the 2016 budget and his stewardship as
chairman of finance committee during the 7th Assembly.
The House said
through its spokesman, Abdulrazak Namdas (APC, Adamawa), at a press
conference in Abuja yesterday that Jibrin was responsible for the late
passage of the 2016 budget as he made failed attempts to insert projects
worth over N250 billion into the budget.
It said several
government agencies had written to the House complaining about Jibrin's
demands before approving their budgets and ignoring members of the
House, particularly those that served under him.
On the allegations
by Jibrin that Speaker Yakubu Dogara's hands were soiled in the
insertion of projects worth billions of naira in the budget, the House
challenged him to produce documents to that effect.
Namdas said Jibrin
was removed "based on sundry acts of misconduct, incompetence, total
disregard for his colleagues and abuse of the budgetary process, among
others."
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