The former Chairman of Appropriation Committee of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumini Jibrin has been suspended by the House of Reps for a period of 180 legislative sitting days over alleged 2016 budget padding.
The House has also barred Jibrin from holding any position of responsibility till the the end of the 8th Assembly.
This was disclosed in a report submitted by the Committee on Ethics and Privileges through Hon. Ossai Nicholas, its Chairman.
The motion was consequently adopted by the voice votes of the House.
Earlier on, the committee was requested to look into the breach of Practices, Precedents and Usage pf the House of Representatives and Sundry acts of Misconduct against the Members and Institution of the House of Representatives and National assembly.
Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other principal officers of the lower legislative chamber, was accused of padding the 2016 budsget to the tune of over N40bn.
The allegation was made by the lawmaker from kano, Jibrin while the House was on recess.
Upon resumption, the House referred the allegation to the Ethics and Privileges committee for serious investigation.
However, Jibrin refrained from appearing before the committee whom he had invited to answer to an allegation that he breached the privileges of members.
The committee was further stated that Jibrin refused to appear before it and rather, he elected to granting scenes of press interviews and making spurious comments against the leadership of the House.
Jibrin had specifically objecte3d to the Chairmanship of Hon. Ossai Nicholas and membership of Hon. Hembe from Benue state: hence his refusal to show up at the committee.
The House of Reps on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 resolved that the actions of Jibrin contravened Order 6, rules 1-4 of the House Standing Order and Chapter 9, paragraph 3 of the Code of Conduct rules of the House.
