The house of representatives on Wednesday rejected a motion seeking to enforce the use of coins as legal tender.Mojeed Alabi, who sponsored the motion, argued that the use of coins as legal tender would boost business transactions and reduce inflation.He also prayed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) consider the possibility of re-dominating the naira as a means of [...]
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Abdulmumin Jibrin, suspended member of the house of representatives, has faulted the decision to buy 360 Peugeot cars for lawmakers.In a statement issued on Saturday, Jibrin said he had dedcided to reject the car, calling on his colleagues to do the same.He said the money used in buying the cars should have been spent on internally displaced persons (IDPs) or [...]
Twenty nine constituents of Kiru/Bebeji in Kano state have taken Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, to court over the suspension of Abdulmumin Jibrin, their representative in the lower chamber of the national assembly.Jibrin was suspended for 180 legislative days for allegedly breaching the privileges of lawmakers.The breach of members privileges arose from the budget padding allegations he [...]
The house of representatives has vowed to investigate the Monrodi Moneybox (MMM) scheme in a bid to "save Nigerians from falling prey to fraudsters".The rate of Nigerians investing in the MMM scheme has been on the rise in the last three months.The resolution of the house to investigate the scheme was sequel to a motion sponsored by Saheed Fijabi.While moving [...]
Abdulmumin Jibrin, a suspended member of the house of representatives, has empowered his constituents of Kiru/Bebeji in Kano state with start-up packages worth N100 million.Jibrin has accused Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, and four other legislators of padding the 2016 budget with N40 billion.In a statement on Wednesday, his media office said the empowerment programme was in commemoration of 100 days [...]
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman house of representatives committee on appropriations, says he has no doubt that Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, is going to jail for allegedly padding the 2016 budget.Marking the 100th day since he commenced his "crusade to expose the budget fraud", Jibrin restated his call for the arrest of the accused persons.He vowed not to back down, and [...]
Abdulrazak Namdas, chairman house of representatives committee on media and publicity, says 20 individuals are owing the federal government N1.2 trillion.Addressing journalists on Thursday, Namdas said recovery of the money would help the country in its time of recession."As we all know we are in a recession AMCON was established between 2007 and 2009 as a response to the global [...]
The house of representatives has invited Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), over the shooting of Joseph Izu, a defender of the Shooting Stars Football Club (3SC), Ibadan.Izu was holidaying in his home town of Okaki in Rivers state when he was allegedly killed by men of the joint task force (JTF).At a press conference in Port Harcourt, the military told [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested that the house of representatives approve of a federal government (2016-2018) external borrowing plan to the sum of $29.960 billion.Buhari also sought a slight amendment of Budget 2016, asking that a total of N180 billion be moved from various line items to the the other in the country's appropriation act.In a letter read on the [...]
Abdulmumin Jibrin, suspended member of the house of representatives, says he has filed fresh charges against the lower chamber of the national assembly, seeking, among seven reliefs, N1 billion in damages.In a statement on Friday, Chukwuma Nwachukwu, his counsel, said Jibrin asked the court to declare that the resolution passed by the house suspending him was in breach of Section [...]
The federal high court in Abuja has sacked Stella Ngwu and Dennis Agbo from the house of representatives over their "unlawful emergence".Okon Abang, the judge, ruled that the emergence of the duo representing Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani and Igbo-Eze North/Udenu federal constituencies, respectively, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was unlawful.The ruling was sequel to prayers by Gabriel Okafor and [...]
Abdulmumin Jibrin, suspended member of the house of representatives, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to quickly arrest Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, because he is dancing "skelewu" with public funds at the lower legislative chamber."Well done, President Muhammadu Buhari and the DSS on the Chibok girls. Every single life is important even if they will return home one [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the house of representatives says the federal government corrected itself by withdrawing the forgery charge against Bukola Saraki, senate president, and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president.The duo was alongside Salisu Maikasuwa, former clerk of the national assembly, and Ben Efeturi, former deputy clerk, accused of forging the senate standing rules in June 2015.In [...]
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman house of representatives committee on appropriations, says Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, sealed up his office to destroy evidence on the budget padding allegations he levelled against him and four other principal officers.In a statement on Friday, Jibrin said he was not allowed to take away his personal belongings before his office was sealed on Thursday."You may [...]
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman house of representatives committee on appropriations, says Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, and the four other principal officers he accused of padding the 2016 budget have done their "worst" by suspending him but it has not changed the allegations.Earlier, Jibrin was suspended after the house approved the recommendations of the ethics and privileges committee, which investigated Jibrin [...]
The house of representatives has suspended Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the appropriations committee, over an alleged breach of legislators' privileges.He is also "barred from positions of responsibility in the house until the end of the 8th assembly".The breach in question were the budget-padding allegations he levelled against Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, four other principal officers and other lawmakers.Jibrin, who failed [...]
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