House of Reps speaker, Yakubu Dogara, sacks appropriation committee chair, Abdulmumin Jibrin

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, today announced the sack of the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin.

Jibrin has been enmeshed in controversy following revelations that he allocated projects worth over N4 billion to his Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State in the 2016 budget. He was replaced with Mustapha Bala Dawaki who was until now was the chairman of the Committee on Housing.