The National Assembly has been plagued by controversies since the democratic dispensation began. The 8th Assembly has faced threats from the leadership of the legislature, sending speakers and Senate presidents to political obscurity. Last week, Speaker Hon. Yakubu Dogara removed Abdulmumin Jibrin as chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, sparking a war of words between Dogara and the former chairman. The decision was reportedly due to protests over alleged lopsidedness in the spread of constituency projects in the 2016 budget. The chairman of the House Committee on Media and Publicity, Hon Abdulrazak Namdas, accused Jubrin of misconduct, incompetence, immaturity, disregard for colleagues, and abuse of the budgetary process. However, Jibrin denies any wrongdoing and claims that he did his best as Chairman Appropriations. The controversy has turned into the biggest scandal in the National Assembly of the Fourth Republic.
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