The budget padding saga resulted to delay which has impacted negatively on the lives of Nigerians. But because it was the most revealing moment to Nigerians on how the crooks among our Lawmakers have been siphoning the taxpayers money, Nigerians fully sacrificed their patience and overlooked the unnecessary delay in the implementation of the 2016 Annual National Budget. One of the most shocking and mind boggling revelations was how Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin, the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee sneaked in a fictious projects worth N4.169 billion to his constituency. If only he succeeded, such money will be siphoned and shared among all parties involved. It was confirmed by the Executive Arm of Government and we are asking if this is not a punishable offense? Another Committee that committed similar atrocities, is the Works Committee that sneaked in 80 Road Projects and each project worth over N500 million. Multiply N500 million and help yourself with the figure that was meant to be stolen through our Lawmakers.
For God sake, how many times these Lawmakers together with the Senators alongside their collaborators from the Ministries have successfully carried out such gigantic stealing without the knowledge of poor citizens, or with the knowledge of their fellow politicians from other arms of Government? This recent Administration of PM ambushed the crooks and nailed them appropriately. This is one of the outstanding achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari that deserves people commendation.
It was at that explosive moments of the thieving revelations that citizens via social media platforms exercised their rights of expression and freedom of association, we all rained condemnation and expressed reasonable quantum of emotional outburst as a result of the such monumental stealing. This was because, these individuals particularly, Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin that was caught red handed was never reprimanded nor charge to court. What a nation?
The supposedly culprit that appeared to be a high class citizen, more superior than millions of Nigerians, simply because he is a politician and a serving Member of the National Assembly. He had now summoned courage to single out one person, Dr. Ahmed Idris, out of thousands of Nigerians that vented their frustrations against his act of stealing via his office and sued him.
The step taken by the Lawmaker to institute a legal case against Dr. Ahmed Idris was not his single decision. It may be recalled that the few corrupt elements as members of the National Assembly made strenuous effort to induce the Assembly to enact laws that will regulate the power of social media which is serving as the only threat to the thieving Politicians and their cronies in public offices. Such several attempts failed because it negates the Constitutional rights enshrined to to favor citizens in terms of freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association. From all indication, the crooks in National Assembly have not relent, they are behind the idea of using one of them to pin down one of the citizens that have always remain the voice of the poor voiceless citizens. The tactics is that, if Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin will buy himself a judgment, such verdict will open up a door for the crooks to tender it before National Assembly by way of presenting it as a judgment evident enough to establish an abuse of social media and this will be instrumental to reasons that will premise the enactment of the law that will reduce the power of social media. This is where they are coming from and we have seen where they are going to! Hon. To the crooks that are scheming for this, hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin is the bait, Dr. Idris Ahmed is the piece of meat on the bait and our Freedom of Expression and Association is their target.
It requires a "successful" political conman that was capable of sneaking in N4.196 billion into a National Budget to play such a script. His success was never an issue to anyone not until, he decided to use the proceeds of his sharp practices as a typical over ambitious Nigerian politician, whose companies never pay tax and yet has the courage to use his ill gotten wealth to intimidate fellow citizen. This is to say, such a politician is capable of evading tax and is capable of cutting corners in all contracts executed in his private companies. This is evident from his flamboyant and extravagant lifestyle. This is why some individuals have advised that the authorities to pay attention by way of carrying out sort of forensic findings in the actives of the likes of Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin whom responsibilities in the National Assembly has been too lucrative under his oversight (fantastically corrupt) functions as the Chairman and member of the following Committees:
- Federal Ministry of Finance and its Parastatals, Federal Revenue, Preparation of Revenue framework/Estimate for the Federal budgets, Sovereign Wealth Fund - SWIA, Tax Matters, Fiscal matters, Government investment in banks and Statutory Corporations and Agencies, Insurance and Insurance of Government properties and assets amongst others.
Through deals upon deals, the Lawmaker carved himself a plaque of expensive lifestyle which can be seen from the photos of his elitist wedding against the true living condition of the poor citizens of Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency that has no single project that worth N40 million. But, his wedding events and gifts items alone has consumed over N200 million and his personal house where he had planned to keep his most expensive bride worth close to a billion Naira.
This is an eye opener to the Nigerian citizens on how individuals that have no single record or passion in given people true representation to their people always smuggled into politics just for the milk and honey. They get away with billions and lesve the poor citizens wallowing in abject poverty while they go about lavishing it on personal lifestyle.
THIS IS NOT HEALTHY FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, IT IS A PLOY AGAINST OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO FIGHT CORRUPTION AND IMPUNITY WITHIN POLITICAL AND PUBLIC CIRCLE. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL.
(C) IG Wala
For God sake, how many times these Lawmakers together with the Senators alongside their collaborators from the Ministries have successfully carried out such gigantic stealing without the knowledge of poor citizens, or with the knowledge of their fellow politicians from other arms of Government? This recent Administration of PM ambushed the crooks and nailed them appropriately. This is one of the outstanding achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari that deserves people commendation.
It was at that explosive moments of the thieving revelations that citizens via social media platforms exercised their rights of expression and freedom of association, we all rained condemnation and expressed reasonable quantum of emotional outburst as a result of the such monumental stealing. This was because, these individuals particularly, Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin that was caught red handed was never reprimanded nor charge to court. What a nation?
The supposedly culprit that appeared to be a high class citizen, more superior than millions of Nigerians, simply because he is a politician and a serving Member of the National Assembly. He had now summoned courage to single out one person, Dr. Ahmed Idris, out of thousands of Nigerians that vented their frustrations against his act of stealing via his office and sued him.
The step taken by the Lawmaker to institute a legal case against Dr. Ahmed Idris was not his single decision. It may be recalled that the few corrupt elements as members of the National Assembly made strenuous effort to induce the Assembly to enact laws that will regulate the power of social media which is serving as the only threat to the thieving Politicians and their cronies in public offices. Such several attempts failed because it negates the Constitutional rights enshrined to to favor citizens in terms of freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association. From all indication, the crooks in National Assembly have not relent, they are behind the idea of using one of them to pin down one of the citizens that have always remain the voice of the poor voiceless citizens. The tactics is that, if Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin will buy himself a judgment, such verdict will open up a door for the crooks to tender it before National Assembly by way of presenting it as a judgment evident enough to establish an abuse of social media and this will be instrumental to reasons that will premise the enactment of the law that will reduce the power of social media. This is where they are coming from and we have seen where they are going to! Hon. To the crooks that are scheming for this, hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin is the bait, Dr. Idris Ahmed is the piece of meat on the bait and our Freedom of Expression and Association is their target.
It requires a "successful" political conman that was capable of sneaking in N4.196 billion into a National Budget to play such a script. His success was never an issue to anyone not until, he decided to use the proceeds of his sharp practices as a typical over ambitious Nigerian politician, whose companies never pay tax and yet has the courage to use his ill gotten wealth to intimidate fellow citizen. This is to say, such a politician is capable of evading tax and is capable of cutting corners in all contracts executed in his private companies. This is evident from his flamboyant and extravagant lifestyle. This is why some individuals have advised that the authorities to pay attention by way of carrying out sort of forensic findings in the actives of the likes of Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin whom responsibilities in the National Assembly has been too lucrative under his oversight (fantastically corrupt) functions as the Chairman and member of the following Committees:
- Federal Ministry of Finance and its Parastatals, Federal Revenue, Preparation of Revenue framework/Estimate for the Federal budgets, Sovereign Wealth Fund - SWIA, Tax Matters, Fiscal matters, Government investment in banks and Statutory Corporations and Agencies, Insurance and Insurance of Government properties and assets amongst others.
Through deals upon deals, the Lawmaker carved himself a plaque of expensive lifestyle which can be seen from the photos of his elitist wedding against the true living condition of the poor citizens of Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency that has no single project that worth N40 million. But, his wedding events and gifts items alone has consumed over N200 million and his personal house where he had planned to keep his most expensive bride worth close to a billion Naira.
This is an eye opener to the Nigerian citizens on how individuals that have no single record or passion in given people true representation to their people always smuggled into politics just for the milk and honey. They get away with billions and lesve the poor citizens wallowing in abject poverty while they go about lavishing it on personal lifestyle.
THIS IS NOT HEALTHY FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, IT IS A PLOY AGAINST OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO FIGHT CORRUPTION AND IMPUNITY WITHIN POLITICAL AND PUBLIC CIRCLE. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL.
(C) IG Wala
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