Budget Padding

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has described National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an ignorant man that must be circumspect in his language. Dogara hit back at Tinubu…

The Senate has expressed concerns over alleged inaccuracies in the 2018 budget submitted to the National Assembly by the executive arm. At the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, the Senate said the budget document presented by President…

The suspended former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Jibrin’s invitation is based on his allegations on…

Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, shocked the Senate with the denial of N2 billion allegedly voted for regional housing scheme by the Ministry of Finance. Speaking in defence of the 2017 budget,…

The National Assembly has discovered at least 590 suspicious line items allegedly smuggled into the 2017 budget during the ongoing budget defence by government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). Consequently, Senate President…

Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin has filed a fresh suit against the leadership of the House shortly after he withdrew the one from August 9 challenging plans to stop his suspension.…

The embattled lawmaker representing Kano in the Federal House of Assembly, AbdulMumin Jibrin, has given the lawmakers in the House of Representatives a three-day ultimatum to refund all illegal allowances they allocated to themselves.…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended the former chairman of committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin for 180 legislative days and banned him from holding positions of authority for the rest of the eight national…

Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has denied any wrong doing concerning the allegation of insertion of constituency projects for the principal officers of the National Assembly into 2016 budget. Yakubu Dogara claimed…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have kicked off an investigation into the speaker of the house of representatives Yakubu Dogara over allegations of budget padding. The reports exclusively revealed to TheCable, say…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has  revealed its next move against those who participated in the budget padding saga. The agency disclosed that it is currently carrying out preliminary investigation, adding that when…

Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), has spoken about the budget padding saga. Senator Enang stated faulted the re-drafting of appropriation bills by the legal department of…

Bashir Baballe, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives and a member of the Transparency Group in the house, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari rejected former Chairman of the House Appropriation committee, Abdulmumin…

Hon. Jibrin Abdulmumin , former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation , has said his fight to expose corrupt leadership in the green chamber is in solidarity with the anti-corruption war of the President…

The Nigerian Police has taken a definitive stand concerning the budget padding scandal rocking the Nigerian House of Representatives. The police have declared that Speaker Yakubu Dogara must face its Special Investigative Panel for…

A majority leader of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says he has submitted himself to the police for investigation over the budget padding allegations levelled against the leadership of the house. Speaking in a statement…

The Federal Government has asked its agents to search for credible evidence of criminal manipulation of the budget. This is coming following claims by former House Appropriation Chairman, Abdulmumuni Jibrin, that Speaker Yakubu Dogara…

Former chairman, appropriations committee of the house of representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that Iyiola Omisore, former deputy governor of Osun state, is the “godfather” of  Yakubu Dogara. Jibrin also claimed that “Speaker…

Former chairman, appropriations committee of the house of representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has apologised to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over his "conduct" while speaking up about the budget padding scandal. In a…

The Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday said those calling for his prosecution for his involvement in the alleged padding of the 2016 budget were doing so out of sheer ignorance. Dogara said no member of the national…

Two members of the House of Representatives, have expressed support for the embattled Speaker and other principal officers of the house in the allegations of budget padding leveled against them by Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin. They insisted…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has moved against the Nigerian Police Force by shunning the invitation of the police Special Investigating Panel over allegations of budget padding. It will be recalled that the…

The Chairman House of Representative Committee on Legislative Compliance, Abiodun Olasupo, representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency has stated that budget padding is the constitutional responsibility of lawmakers…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has apologized to Nigerians over the row between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and a member of the party and former Chairman of the Appropriation…

The Presidency has yesterday denied allegations circulating as regards the integrity of the 2016 Budget especially as fresh claims have been made that the 2016 budget was padded to the tune of N40 billion. The Senior Special Assistant to…

Following the allegation levelled against principal members of the House of Representatives by Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin, th former House Appropriation Committee Chairman, one of the implicated parties, Hon. Chike John Okafor has…

President Muhammdu Buhari has decided not to assist the suspects named in the budget padding scandal. This is coming after Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, last weekend, met Buhari. According to the Vanguard, a…

Investigation in the budget padding scandal that has rocked the house of Representatives has begun in earnest as the Police have received three versions of the budget from ousted House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman…

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Ghali Na'Abba, has called for a  proper investigation of the role played by officials in the executive arm in the current budget padding controversy. Na'Abba made the call while…