The House of Representatives on Monday accused the executive of causing disaffection over the 2016 budget, saying it was the Minister of Transportation that attempted to pad the bill.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Chairman of the House’s Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, said that majority of the stories in the media were “mere propaganda”.
Stating that the media reports were meant to cause disaffection between the National Assembly and a section of the country, he said that Lagos-Calabar rail project was never included in the budget by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The item was brought for inclusion in the budget by Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, but was not included in the budget because only the President is allowed to present the budget before the National Assembly,” Namdas said.
According to him, this was an attempt at padding the budget.
“The media is awash with story that the National Assembly has removed the Calabar- Lagos railway project from the budget.
“I want to make it very clear that we don’t have that in the presentation made by the President to the National Assembly, so we couldn’t have removed what was not even inserted in the first place.
“It was the Minister of Transport that brought the Calabar- Lagos railway to be included in the budget.
“We want to state clearly that the budget is something that is proposed by the president; we do not receive budget from minister.
“So, for somebody to say we actually removed the Calabar-Lagos railway project from the budget, I think someone is trying to spoil our good image.
“We want to state again that all that was sent to the National Assembly from the supplementary budget and others had a smooth sail, and it is on record that some people lost their job because of this budget,” he said.
Namdas said that the executive had agreed that some people tempered with the budget.
He said that if the president discovered something that he wanted to be included, he should have sent the budget back and we will take a look at it.
“But right now, there is no official notice to the National Assembly that the president will not sign the budget,” he said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Amaechi is one of the saints Baba waited for more than 3 months before appointing as ministers. The only language Amaechi understands is the language of do or die politics. It just tells you about the characters in apc.
ReplyDeleteHe wants to craftily buy us into APC De evil DAT men do spks wet dem Amaechi Shamemmmmmm
ReplyDeleteYes Gov Ayade is rating and eating wt you There is no room for APC in Calabar .....At de appointed time God will make us a Railway....Definately not courtesy of Amaechi and his clueless APC....
ReplyDeleteThe truth is gradually coming to light. The "missing" budget was courtesy of Amaechi to pad the budget and include Calabar-Lagos train highway by Amaechi who later turned around and used propaganda against the national assembly just as he used propaganda and deceived Nigerians that he was the Emperor of Rivers state only for him to be disgraced by Governor Wike on two occasions. Shame on him
ReplyDeleteAmechi haters shame on you. You will regret following Wike a boy that Amechi brought to limelight. Who now found a god mother in Patience
ReplyDeleteMumu...is that the subject under review??please go back to Skool,and learn how to read..
DeleteWas Amaechi not once a boy to Mary Odili?.
DeleteTell that dumb head @ 6:34AM that the fact that amechi was a governor was largely due to Wike's support.
DeleteThis government's stock-in-trade is blame-game. Now their inefficiencies are beginning to unfold. Besides, Amaechi - one of the APC saints has started revealing his true colour. Character, they say, is like smoke; it can not be hidden. Big shame on "Saint" Amaechi, APC and this government of propaganda and deception.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way you can call Amaechi trying to include the Calabar rail project in the budget a padding because he couldn't have done so without the consent of the President. And the mere fact that the President refused to assent when he saw the item missing assert to that. So we should try to make objective comments and not try to fan the ambers of discord or disunity. Politics is neither a do or die affairs.
ReplyDeleteThe point still remains that the executive could have been more open,and not trying to make it look as if they included the project,and it was removed...
DeleteThe truth remains that both the Executive and NASS are looking for a scapegoat instead of accepting their respective shortcomings and moving on with the business of improving the lot of the ordinary Nigeria man. It is no longer news that the project was not originally included in the initial budget sent by the PMB to the NASS, neither is it also a hidden fact that Amaechi presented the project at the Committee level as attested by Sen. Ashafa so the hullabaloo over it clearly indicates that there is a clandestine tussle between the two arms of government which is hurting Nigerians. I therefore, use this medium to advice both the Executive and NASS to put aside their difference and focus their effort on the work for which Nigerians voted them or step down honourably rather than remain there and make caricature of this great country.
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ReplyDeleteWHO IS ABDULMUMIN JIBRIN?
Abdulmumin Jibrin is the member of the House of Reps, representing Bebeji/Kiru Federal Constituency in Kano state. He is also the Chairman of Budget Appropriation Committee at the House of Reps. This is where pleasant story about this arrogant imposter ends.
On 18/10/2011, a Federal High Court, presided by Justice Marcel Awokulehin, sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, ordered the former governor of the state, Aliyu Akwe Doma and eight other co-conspirators accused by the EFCC, to be remanded in custody.
The former governor and his eight co-conspirators were charged for laundering stolen Nasarawa state funds totaling over N15 billion. The governor was arraigned along with Senator John Dangoyi, Abdulmumin Jibrin, Timothy Anthony Anjide, Dauda Egwa, Suleiman Ibrahim, Broworks Ltd and Green Forest Investment Limited.
Money laundering is a very serious offence, contrary to Section 14(1)(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2004. It is punishable under Section 14(1) of the same Act.
The EFCC's case against Abdulmumin Jibrin and the rest of the gang is still pending in court. Were it not for the fact that this political prostitute managed to swindle his way into the APC to ride on the Buhari's fame bandwagon and get elected as a Member of Parliament, he lacks the integrity to be elected even as a local councilor of his ward, let alone as a national lawmaker.
Under the influence of their master and Mafia don Bukola Saraki, Abdulmumin Jibrin, Mohammed Danjuma Goje and the other traitors at the NASS removed appropriation for the important Calabar to Lagos rail link from the 2016 budget. Meanwhile they fraudulently inserted into the budget several new projects worth billions of Naira that were never suggested by the Presidency.
To cover for their exposed scam in the 2016 budget, Abdulmumin Jibrin went on an offensive on Twitter and TV networks propagating even more falsehood to Nigerians. Worse still, this imposter had the audacity to insult his Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, live on national television. Despite this campaign of deception and vilification against his Excellency, Nigerians are not buying their stories. In fact, more people are agitating for their immediate resignation from the NASS.
Furthermore, in yet another hopeless attempt to to cover up for their padding of the budget, Abdulmumin Jibrin sent an SMS message to his fellow co-conspirators at the NASS, clamoring for support to mitigate the mass revolt against them that is brewing on social media platforms. The “additional inputs” he refereed to in his message is the actual fraud they inserted into the budget.
Below is Abdulmumin Jibrin's infamous SMS message that went viral on the Internet:
“To all Hon Chairman & Dep. Chairmen of Standing Committees:
As you are aware, we have transmitted details of budget 2016. After consultation with the Leadership of both Chambers, the reports of all standing Committees were sustained in the details.
Though all items items submitted by Committees were retained, you will see additional inputs that were necessary to be accommodated via little cuts. You are therefore enjoined to be prepared to justify reports both in media and elsewhere, in case the executive disagrees. We are already justifying your reports but you must join in doing so, especially in the media so that Nigerians will understand the justification for the adjustments you made, particularly on new projects. You can always count on our support. Thank you very much and best wishes as always. I can be reached on 08036130007. Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin. “
Now that their evil machinations against suffering Nigerians have been exposed for the whole world to see, we call upon Bukola Saraki, Mohammed Danjuma Goje, and Abdulmumin Jibrin to take the path of honour and resign with immediate effect. The masses are saying enough is enough! This trio risk global humiliation when the masses storm the NASS on the 19th April.
May God save Nigeria and Nigerians. Amen.
My question is: WHO ARE U? HOW DID U GET DIS SMS IF IT IS TRULY FROM THE SOURCE AND FINALLY WHERE ARE U FOCUSSING ON BUKOLA SARAKI WITHOUT INCLUDING DOGARA???. DONT TAKE NIGERIANS FOR FOOLS. U MUST BE A DISGRACE TO URSELF AND FAMILY TO BE DOING DIS TYPE OF DIRTY JOB. POOR HATCHET JOB. MTSCHEWW!!
DeleteHahahahahahaa....Mr poster,I hope to see you at the front oo when NASS is stormed...
DeleteUnsubstantiated Crap !!
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