Revealed, real reason Dogara sacked chairman of appropriation committee

– The Speaker of the House of Reps has sacked the chairman on appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin

– Jibrin’s axing was announced on the floor of the House on Wednesday, July 20

– He was reportedly axed for betraying his colleagues and other government officials

– Mustapha Bala Dawaki has been made the replacement

Honorable Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker, House of Representatives has removed the Chairman of the committee on appropriation, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin.

The Punch reports that Jibrin, an APC member from Kano state, hard serious disagreements with his colleagues over the handling of the controversial 2016 budget.

Jibrin’s removal was announced on the floor of the House today, July 20 by Speaker Yakubu Dogara.

He was replaced by Hon Mustapha Bala Dawaki (APC, Kano), who hitherto chaired the committee on housing.

Jibrin was reportedly removed from his position as a consequence of his serial betrayal of his colleagues and other government officials, especially the executive.

The APC-representative from Kano, played a prominent role in the controversies that marred deliberation and passage of the 2016 Appropriation Bill which was the first by Muhammadu Buhari administration.The budget was submitted in December 2015.

Premium Times reports that several lawmakers decided to kick Mr Jibrin out because he was becoming increasingly unreliable, saying he dribbled all the committees during the heated debate over the budget, which was finally passed in April.

The lawmakers said Jibrin allegedly manipulated the final version of the budget and diverted over N4 billion to his Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State.

Sources in the executive also revealed that they had lost confidence in the ability of Jibrin to tell the truth on issues.

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Daily Trust affirms that Jibrin was enmeshed in controversy following revelations that he allocated projects worth over N4 billion to his Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency.

Sources reveal that following the revelations, several members had demanded for his resignation, but Dogara had prevailed on them to shelve their demands.

Speaking shortly before the house adjourned its Wednesday sitting, Dogara informed his colleagues that the house leadership had taken the decision to replace Jibrin as the committee chairman.

“He met me and said he does not think he would continue as the committee chairman due to pressure of the work,” Dogara said. Adding that he added the decision to remove Jibrin had already been taken.

The Cable reports that recently, when the house debated the immunity clause for the national assembly leadership, Jibrin was heavily booed by his colleagues, who kept shouting at him: “Ole“, “thief”.

Jibrin also recently begged members of the National Assembly to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war.

His reaction came shortly after the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the National Assembly withdrew their support for the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Only 15 senators also passed a voted of confidence on the president.

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