{"id":48501,"date":"2016-04-14T17:45:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=48501"},"modified":"2016-04-14T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T16:47:11","slug":"2016-budget-appropriation-chairman-jibrin-n4-1billion-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2016-budget-appropriation-chairman-jibrin-n4-1billion-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 budget:\u00a0 Appropriation chairman, Jibrin, in N4.1Billion scandal."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div class=\"leftcol\">\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div class=\"message-htmlpart\">\n<div class=\"rcmBody\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Embattled chairman Appropriation,\u00a0 House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin,\u00a0 is under fire for personally allocating over N4billion to himself in controversial 2016 budget.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that Jibrin&#8217;s, impunity and high handedness is not going down well with his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lawmakers in both chambers had used their whims to re allocate funds in the budget submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But Jibrin s case stood out because of the amount he appropriated to himself.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As it stands,\u00a0 his colleagues want him to step down,\u00a0 while the Speaker who also benefited may have left Jibrin out to dry.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was also\u00a0 observed that one item was repeated by Jibrin with different figures under the Ministry of Water Resources, which is construction of Bebeji earth dam with N270m and N50m respectively.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jibrin a crony of Speaker Dogara, is gradually getting in the bad books of the speaker despite the illegal allocation of\u00a0 over N3billion to him for constituency projects.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Said a source in the Speaker&#8217;s office. &#8221; The speaker feels uncomfortable despite what Jibrin allocated to him. The session was rowdy because members were so upset with Jibrin and Dogara.\u00a0 How can you allocate over N4billion to yourself with questionable projects&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pointblanknews.com also learnt that the Speaker may sacrifice Jibrin,\u00a0 because even some principal officers are not happy with the scandal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to our findings , a cross section of members see the action of Jibrin as illegal and that it has brought public flak.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was learnt that members queried why N3billion projects have been allocated to the Speaker and why Jibrin favoured his constituency with N4.169billion projects.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe leadership said the N20b projects were captured under zonal intervention as it had been since 1999 but members said if others were doing it in the past, it should not be now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some of the projects allocated to Jibrin\u2019s Kiru\/Bebeji Federal Constituency are:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022N100m for Town Hall<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Construction of roads in Kiru\/Bebeji\u2014N150m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Solar street lights\u2014N300m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Badaf Road Construction\u2014N405m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Pedestrian Bridges \u2014N200m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Bebeji Earth Dam\u2014N270m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Empowerment items\u2014N100m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Entrepreneurship Development Training and Vocational Centre \u2014N100m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Rehabilitation of Gwarzo Kiru, Kwanar Maiyaki\u2013N180m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Rehabilitation of Sharada-Kwanar Dogara\u2014N1.445billion<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Construction of solar powered boreholes\u2013N150m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Supply of tricycles, grinding machines and set of women salon empowerment kits\u2014N200m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2022Small irrigation scheme ins in Kiru\u2014N100m<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Findings revealed that at the end of the day, Speaker Dogara managed to douse the tension by begging members to sheathe their swords.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled chairman Appropriation,\u00a0 House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin,\u00a0 is under fire for personally allocating over N4billion to himself in controversial 2016 budget. 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