Politics 10 Revealing Things Jibrin Said on Channels TV About Budget Padding

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Erstwhile chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, yesterday admitted that his revelations over the alleged padding of the 2016 budget were late.

Here are 10 things the former Chair on Appropriation said during an exclusive interview with Channels Television

- He explained that he could not expose the budget padding in good time, as it was difficult for him to stand against the institutionalised corruption in the House of Representatives.

- he allegation of corruption levied against the National Assembly by former president Olusegun Obasanjo could not be totally.

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- Jibrin, while speaking on the controversial insertions into the 2016 budget as the chairman of the committee, he was made to believe that certain information were not to be disclosed.

- The insertions did not affect the size of the budget, noting that the harmonisations committee chaired by the deputy speaker Yusuf Lasun took advantage of the committee to insert more items for personal aggrandizement

- 10 standing committees out of the 96 standing committees posted 200 projects which amounted to N284 billion were inserted into the budget

- Admitted that the insertions were constitutional that the insertions into the budget by the principal officers of the House were constitutional, and it is a usual practice in the national assembly, he maintained that the insertions were outrageous and above the limit.

- There have been insertions in past budgets; I saw the insertions in budgets of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The only difference is that in 2016, the insertions went completely above the board.

- there is Institutionalised corruption in the House, but members are quick to deny the fact.



- the size and quantity of insertions would always cause a rift between the executive and legislative arm of government. If the insertion into the budget is done from the executive arm of government, members of the national assembly refer to such insertion as padding, and when it is done by the National Assembly members, the executive arm of government also refer to it as padding.



- Jibrin as quoted said: “I don’t want to involve the executive arm of government in this, because the matter is already controversial, of course a lot transpired between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Budget office on one hand and the Ministry of Budget and the Budget Office on the other hand”.
 
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