Former chairman of the House of Representatives committee on appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, snubbed the ethics and privileges committee of the House which was mandated to investigate him for alleged misconduct following his continued insistence that Speaker Yakubu Dogara and others doctored the 2016 budget.
The House had asked the ethics committee to look into the matter that had allegedly caused the members a major embarrassment.
The Punch reports that the committee presided over by its chairman, Nicholas Ossai, commenced its investigation into the issues raised against Jibrin on Friday, September 23, but that the latter was absent.
Instead, Jibrin said on his Twitter handle that Dogara had refused to appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) two months after he made allegations against the principal officers of the House.
“The House belongs to Nigerians, not the 360 members! Despite all these and since I can substantiate the allegations I raised with cogency, I will take up the opportunity provided by the ethics committee to state my case under the condition that the proceedings will be public and the ethics committee will allow the Press, CSOs, NGOs, NLC, ASUU, NANS, NBA and the general public to witness the entire proceedings.
“This is the only way that I can have the comfort and confidence that the proceedings and outcome will not be manipulated or compromised. I am ready to appear before the committee even today if the proceedings will be public,” Jibrin had said in an earlier statement.
The House had asked the ethics committee to look into the matter that had allegedly caused the members a major embarrassment.
The Punch reports that the committee presided over by its chairman, Nicholas Ossai, commenced its investigation into the issues raised against Jibrin on Friday, September 23, but that the latter was absent.
Instead, Jibrin said on his Twitter handle that Dogara had refused to appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) two months after he made allegations against the principal officers of the House.
“The House belongs to Nigerians, not the 360 members! Despite all these and since I can substantiate the allegations I raised with cogency, I will take up the opportunity provided by the ethics committee to state my case under the condition that the proceedings will be public and the ethics committee will allow the Press, CSOs, NGOs, NLC, ASUU, NANS, NBA and the general public to witness the entire proceedings.
“This is the only way that I can have the comfort and confidence that the proceedings and outcome will not be manipulated or compromised. I am ready to appear before the committee even today if the proceedings will be public,” Jibrin had said in an earlier statement.
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