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Saturday 27 August 2016

Budget padding scandal: Jibrin discloses how Dogara, Gbajabiamila, others allegedly received over N10bn in allowances

Sacked Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin has released another statement disclosing how Speaker Yakubu Dogara, House leader Femi Gbajabiamila and others who have been in the House of Reps before this present administration have received well over N 10 billion in allowances. 
According to him, the allowances are supposed to be what is referred to as "office running cost" but the lawmakers convert it into personal funds which they use to buy choice houses and cars and live luxurious lifestyle which they couldn't afford before they came into the green chamber.  He says if the 10 Principal Officers of the House of Representatives are named and shamed,  it will force reform in the House of Representatives. He insists that the House of Representatives is highly involved in sharp practices. Read his statement below

In line with my resolve to continue to expose individual and systemic corruption in the House of Representatives, I will today commence the disclosure of what many Nigerians believe is almost impossible to reveal or are not even aware of – the allowances of Members of the House.
Recall that in the last one month, I have exposed 2016 budget fraud perpetrated by Speaker Dogara, Lasun, Doguwa and Ogor. I have also exposed the mismanagement and non-disclosure of the internal budget of the House, just as I exposed some other fraudulent activities perpetrated by Speaker Dogara and 9 other members. All these are in different stages of investigation.
I have offered to stand as witness against these corrupt members and continue to cooperate with the anti-corruption agencies. I have done my part, and left the rest to the anti corruption agencies, the judiciary and Nigerians. After the allowances issue, the next exposé will delve into investigative hearings and oversight activities.
My resolve to open up on the controversial allowances should be instructive to all those who think I am only out to get Speaker Dogara out of his seat. If that is my mission, I will definitely not go into the issue of allowances, which is the only aspect that unites the entire House.
I have said it repeatedly that this activism has been running in my blood, and thankfully the fallout of the 2016 budget became the trigger and provided me with the right avenue. I always take solace in the fact that posterity will judge not only Members of the House but our leaders and Nigerians as a whole on how they support or oppose Speaker Dogara and the other accused Principal Officers' avaricious move to hold on to power in the face of these mounting accusations.
But if members of the House and Nigerians still feel at home with Dogara, a corrupt number 4 citizen, despite the overwhelming allegations against him and his gang, so be it! If my colleagues chose to support Speaker Dogara, I wish them safe journey. But be rest assured that in this struggle, I shall continue alone!
Many prominent Nigerians have approached me in the past few weeks and I took time to explain my mission to them. Whether they are convinced or not, I am not sure. All I know too well is that none of them, after listening to me, insisted that I drop this line of action. I have said it over and over again that I will continue this anti-corruption crusade to wipe out corruption in the House and trigger internal reforms so that Nigerians can have the ideal representatives they yearn for.
The imperative of having a corrupt-free House of Representatives cannot be over-emphasized. It is only when the Legislature comes with purity that effective oversight will be carried out and investigative hearing to expose fraud and corruption can be undertaken. When the House is corrupt, it affects the whole country because the House of Representatives is the largest representation of Nigerians. This must be the starting point of the fight against corruption. I dare say the root of our economic, political and social problems as a country lies in the House. No amount of economic strategy will succeed in this country if we do not put hands together and decisively deal with corruption in the House.
The consequential effect of dealing with corruption in the House, especially the allowances issue, will take its toll on even elections. Candidates usually spend so much money hoping that they can recoup from the huge allowances they will receive when elected into House. When you know that there is no such money in the House to be shared, I am sure nobody will want to put in so much money just to win an election to the House. The resultant effect will be that only people who truly want to serve will vie for the office, and voters will be obliged to vote according to the dictate of their conscience. This is just one advantage.
Now we come to the crux of the matter. It should be noted, however, that money is voted as "running cost" to members apart from salaries. You don't need a professor or a committee of technocrats to tell you what is reasonable as running cost for member of the House and also how the money should be administered and who should be the recipient of the money.
The way the allowances of members is currently structured can not pass the integrity test of any of the aforesaid. The issue of allowances of Members of the House is another systemic corruption. Since you can not afford the systemic shock if you go all out and arrest 200 to 300 members at once, what you do is to deal with the issues in phases.
Today, I will start with the 10 Principal Officers of the House of Representatives. If just these 10 are named and shamed it will force reform in the House. I will therefore provide what each one of them had collected as "office running cost" in their entire stay in the House. If any one of them disputes my figure, he or she should not make a drama out of it but just simply tell the country how much he or she has collected.
Running cost is a money collected by many members (with a few exception) and used as personal funds. No more, no less – case closed! Most of these members use it to acquire properties, cars and live a life of luxury they never lived before coming to the House. Though there exist systems for retirement of such money but a simple investigation by a primary school pupil will reveal the massive fraud therein.
From computation of various sub heads of allowances of the House, Speaker Yakubu Dogara has been in the House from 2007 to date. He has received about 1.5billion naira. Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun has been in the house from 2011 to date. He has received about 800million naira. House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila has been in the House from 2003 to date. He has received about 1.2billion naira. Deputy House Leader Buba has been in the House from 2007 to date. He received about 1.2billion naira. Whip Alhassan Doguwa has been in the House from 2003 to date. He has received about 1.2 billion naira. Deputy Whip Pally Iriase has been in the house from 2011 to date. He has received 700 million naira. Minority Leader Leo Ogor has been in the House from 2007 to date. He has received 1.2 billion naira. Deputy Minority Leader Barde has been in the House from 2011 to date. He has received 700 million naira. Minority Whip Chuma has been in the House from 2007 to date. He had received 800 million naira. And finally, Deputy Minority Whip Binta has been in the House from 2011 to date. She has received 700 million naira.
So in between these 10 Principal Officers, the country has pumped about 10 billion naira – and still counting! As I have mentioned earlier, in most cases with few exceptions, these funds are diverted for personal use. I will provide further break down of these figures in due course. I will also provide 50 additional names of members with worst cases of diversion of such funds in due course so we can name and shame them.
As we continue this struggle to wipe out corruption and restore sanity in the House of Representatives, I will continue to urge Nigerians to remain vigilant as these corrupt elements can go to any length to change the narration and evade justice.
God bless.

44 comments:

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NA ME TALK AM said...

Pleae expose these FUCKTARDS and i hope my fellow Nigerians trend this, this is the only way we can save our nation from the insiders killing us

Unknown said...

N10bn huh? Jibrin the member of useless change makers tell me more toriiii
so dogara and terroris buhari and apc are criminals huh? Please i need more toriiii oooo
SHAME TO U ALL THAT HATE ME FOR SAYING THE TRUTH I AM HAPPY THAT THE CHANGE UNA VOTE IS GIVING UNA THE FEVER UNA WANT HUH? terrorist buhari should tell us about this padding budget because the rubbish started from him so FREEBORN is happy how apc are deceiving them selfs






















#sad indeed

NA COMMON SENSE I TALK said...

THANK YOU JIBRIN, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR GENERATIONS FOR EXPOSING THESE MOTHERFUCKERS, EVEN IF YOU WERE OR ARE ONE OF THEM, YOU STILL SHOW THAT YOU ARE HUMAN, THESE GUYS MUST BE TRIED

Unknown said...

N10bn huh? Jibrin the member of useless change makers tell me more toriiii
so dogara and terroris buhari and apc are criminals huh? Please i need more toriiii oooo
SHAME TO U ALL THAT HATE ME FOR SAYING THE TRUTH I AM HAPPY THAT THE CHANGE UNA VOTE IS GIVING UNA THE FEVER UNA WANT HUH? terrorist buhari should tell us about this padding budget because the rubbish started from him so FREEBORN is happy how apc are deceiving them selfs






















#sad indeed

Unknown said...

Choi! Linda take note!

baba said...

God take over

CHERYL (aka FROM GLORY to GLORY) said...

#10b? And many don't have what to eat this morning? Na wa
Long Live LIB

Unknown said...

The scandal continues

Anonymous said...

Wow. I hope they don't go after this guy. He should be protected by the security agencies so he can spill more.

This is why people like Dino can live a life if luxury at the expense of the country and flaunt it shamelessly.

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Chae! It is well o


...merited happiness

Unknown said...

Dey haff kee us oooh

Unknown said...

CHAII, GOD HELP US IN THIS COUNTRY









AUNTY LINDA 👩

Anonymous said...

Wonders shall never end. And nigerians are starving to death. That huge amounts they are getting have made them not to reason along the line with nigerians on how to eradicate poverty and other problems facing us. I love my country is always the answer but they are killing our country secretly.

Unknown said...

Our politicians in general is jus d meaning of corruption

Unknown said...

More pls. Bt U shld tell us how much U also collected for doing nothing nd for exposing ur accomplices.

Unknown said...

And Buhariaonodu is doing what exactly? Busy chasing mirage all in the name of fighting corruption, while corruption is right under his nose! ##EvilGovt

Unknown said...

Alleluia Freeborn is back.

Unknown said...

Just at the lower house then imagine the happenings at the upper house and the so called authorities will be chasing after shadows

Unknown said...

Just at the lower house then imagine the happenings at the upper house and the so called authorities will be chasing after shadows

Unknown said...

Starting with himself would have been better...#onMYway...

Emy said...

I thought Gbajamiamila no follow. How come the list is now increasing. choi! no be small thing o. This guys are truly fantastically kajad. Abeg paste the 3rd batch.

Unknown said...

They all Bastard.

Tobi said...

Do the anti-graft agencies need video evidence to get into this? When ll we get strong institutions bikonu. If it's about Fayose, they ll trace breeze to Ekiti state. Pls dock every dockable jaree

Unknown said...

Mtecwwwwww

Anonymous said...

Jibril, How much did you or have you received?

Unknown said...

10b in allowances?? Talk about political criminals!

Anonymous said...

Pls, someone shall call attention of Bihari's body language on this matter. EFCC seem to listen to dat body language only.

Remmy said...

May God help us in this country, they keep talking about so much money yet the masses keep suffering

Remmy said...

May God help us in this country, they keep talking about so much money yet the masses keep suffering

Nwachukwu said...

Thank God,for using jubril to expose buhari and his gangs,he is deceiving Nigerians dat he is fighting corruption,dey should go and arrest,Dogora,and stop attacking only pdp, people dat sees d truthand say it like,mr.fani kayode and Gov.fayose.buhari has killed country.

Anonymous said...

10bn and Pa Buhari with EFCC almost a month or more on this scandal and NOTHING has been done...Dogara hasn't even been questioned...yet they were fooling the USA diplomat that their corruption fight will be fair...yeye man

Unknown said...

We had a POPULAR SAYING in those days as children:
"Speak the TRUTH and SHAME the DEVIL"!!!

AB said...

What's Choi! Mumu

Anonymous said...

And who do you guys think they stealing all that money for? TINUBU of course....wonder why they hvnt been questioned till now? Even Buhari is involved for stalling all the budgeting process..for a reason ..the truth is yet to come out....corrupt people dem

Unknown said...

I wish more people both in NASS and civil groups could be bold enough to join in this crusade. These aren't just mere alligations but unfortunately most of our civil group leaders are now members of APC; they have become selfish, corrupt and greedy; it's so painful.

ING said...

HYPOCRISY IS WHEN BUHARI AND APC WILL ALWAYS SHIFT BLAMES TO GEJ REGIME TO COVER UP THEIR EVILS. BUT THANK GOD THAT JIBRIN IS EXPOSING THEIR LOOTS AND CORRUPTIONS NOW.

Djenius said...

Why is he saying all these now, because he was sacked? If he wasn't fired, we wouldn't have heard all these. Abegii

Vincent Salau said...

I am new here Linda and hey pretty mind buggling as messy and creepy deals are been unravelled.

affidavit said...

I don't think its corruption.(in dogara's voice) it is only collection. APC is d definition of corruption.
#saysmth

Unknown said...

Owk....truth is Buhari will still play deaf and mute ro all this trending allegations, beleive me.

Anonymous said...

@juliet, me I already know say you be moron. For your mind now Choi na comment? Even though you be their supporter so u no fit use that your empty brain make some sensible comments. Otondo you are.-BUSAYO.

IBOLORD said...

I only came here to weep with freeborn

Anonymous said...

No be small mumu o

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