The Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday relieved the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, of his position, because of the crisis, which trailed the 2016 budget.
The long awaited decision was welcomed by jubilating on the floor of the house in Abuja.
Jibrin, an APC lawmaker from Kano State, was immediately replaced by another member from Kano State, Mr. Mustapha Bala-Dawaki who was until Wednesday, the Chairman, House Committee on Housing.
Dogara had been under pressure to sack Jibrin since May when the details of the 2016 budget caused disaffection between Jibrin and other members.he was alleged to have allocated projects worth over N4bn to his Bebeji Federal Constituency in Kano State, while some lawmakers had no projects in their constituencies,a major sore point.
Members of his committee were also unhappy over Jibrin hoarding information on the details of the 2016 N6.06tn budget from them.
Lawmaker felt embarrassed when they got to know about the details of the budget and how they felt “short-changed” in the distribution of projects.
However, Jibrin denied that he was sacked. Rather, he stated that he met Dogara and told him that he could no longer continue as a chairman.
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