Monday 25 July 2016

Budget Scandal: Hon. Jibrin Makes More Accusations Of Bribery And Diversion Of NASS Funds


The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin has accused Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three principal officers of diverting money meant for the lawmakers’ official residence.

Jibrin made the allegation in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja.

According to Jibrin, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun diverted millions of Naira all in the name of paying for guest houses and their official residence.

“The issue became so messy that the Deputy Speaker openly accused Hon. Herma Hembe of short changing them of millions of Naira in the deal to the shock of many members.

Speaker Yakubu Dogara frequently abuse his office amounting to conflict of interest by soliciting for inappropriate favours from agencies and multinational companies.

He forced an agency to grant loans and a construction company blackmailed to do some work at his Asokoro ‘plot’

Speaker Yakubu Dogara has carefully designed a scheme to scam members through deduction from their salaries certain amount of money for a so called mortgage arrangements to build houses for members.

He has been applying every under hand tactics to ensure Members agree to the deal,” he said.

Jibrin further alleged that the speaker had consistently refused members access to the financial dealings and internal budget of the house.

According to him, the speaker runs the financial management of the House like a cult, aided and abated by the Chairman House services, Hon. Babanlle Ila.

“It is no longer news that all over the House, Members are aware of the monumental fraud perpetrated by Speaker Yakubu Dogara in this regard. We are even told that this is a child’s play compared to the mess and allegations of money laundering he left behind as Chairman house services in both the 6th and 7th Assembly, ” the statement read in part.

According to Jibrin, the EFCC should have something to start working with in respect to his tenure as Chairman House services, if they properly dust their files.

“I am therefore once again calling on colleagues and well meaning Nigerians to prevail on Dogara, Deputy Speaker, Whip Ali Doguwa and Minority leader, Leo Ogor to put the interest of the country first.

“They should allow the house to conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations on them. This is just the tip of an ice bag. I will make further revelations in due course,” Jibrin threatened.

Responding to the allegations, the Special Adviser to the speaker on Media and Public Affairs, Hassan Turaki, described the allegations as false and baseless.

“These are all lies and desperate attempts of a drowning man to clutch unto anything found. All his frivolous allegations do not disclose any element of corruption or wrongdoing against the Speaker,” he said.

The crossfire between Dogara and Jubrin had started since he was removed as chairman appropriation committee, which had led to avalanche of revelations on illegal activities of lawmakers in the padding the recently passed appropriations act.

Jubrin had accused the speaker and some of his principal officers of adding N40 billion for themselves in the budget; he also claimed to have prevented the trio from perpetrating the fraudulent act.

Kebbi State Governor Pays Unscheduled Visit To Schools, Orders Immediate Sack Of FIve Teachers Over Absenteeism




Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has directed the relevant education authorities to immediately terminate the appointment of five teachers at Gamjeji Village Primary School in Maiyama LGA for their nonchalant attitude towards their work.


The Governor gave this order during an unscheduled visit to Mayalo, Gamjeji, Gumbin-Kure, Sambawa and Unguwar Shuaibu where he inspected some primary and secondary schools in the early hours of Monday, July 25th.


Governor Bagudu discovered that the affected teachers remain absent from the school for long periods of time, which consequently affects the level of education received by the pupils. In Unguwar Shuaibu, it was discovered that five teachers allegedly teaching at the primary school presented to him by the headmaster were in fact security guards and not teachers.


The Governor, who is well known for paying unscheduled visits to government facilities, offices and schools, warned that his government will not condone laziness, absenteeism, idleness, unpunctuality and falsehood in the discharge of duties by teachers and supervisors in the educational sector. He made it clear that it would amount to criminality for the teachers to continue to receive salaries every month without working for it.


He also warned that the incumbent government has made discipline one of its priorities in the civil service and would continue to monitor the attitude of workers across the state.

The Kebbi State Government is set to train and retrain teachers, renovate and furnish public schools with much needed educational facilities and furniture in a bid to upgrade the educational sector of the state.