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Members of the ‘Transparency Group’ of the House of Representatives has demanded that EFCC investigates Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Hon. Jibrin Abdulmumin and others over the alleged padding of the 2016 budget.
According to Rep. Musa Soba (APC-Kaduna), about 113 signatures had been collected from lawmakers from the six geopolitical zones and across party lines to compel the speaker to explain noticed discrepancies in the budget.
“We call for an external investigation into the matter, to enable us know if our principal officers are guilty or not," he said. “For this group, we say the budget was padded and as such, the budget being a document that belongs to all Nigerians, it is no longer an internal affair."
“We urge the leadership of the House of Representatives to stop presenting the 2016 budget padding allegations as the problem of the entire house.
“Let those at the centre of the controversy answer to all the allegations made against them individually and collectively in line with legal practice and our criminal justice system,” Soba added
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According to Rep. Musa Soba (APC-Kaduna), about 113 signatures had been collected from lawmakers from the six geopolitical zones and across party lines to compel the speaker to explain noticed discrepancies in the budget.
“We call for an external investigation into the matter, to enable us know if our principal officers are guilty or not," he said. “For this group, we say the budget was padded and as such, the budget being a document that belongs to all Nigerians, it is no longer an internal affair."
“We urge the leadership of the House of Representatives to stop presenting the 2016 budget padding allegations as the problem of the entire house.
“Let those at the centre of the controversy answer to all the allegations made against them individually and collectively in line with legal practice and our criminal justice system,” Soba added
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