The ousted Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC, Kano ) has alleged the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara to have been involved in cases of money laundering since his (Dogara) Chairmanship of House Services Committee.
Dogara was House Services Committee Chairman in the 6th and 7th House of Representatives while Jibrin, as a first timer was Finance Committee Chairman in the 7th House.
Jibrin, in a statement yesterday also alleged the Speaker to have been involved in the car purchase scandals in the House .
Dogara was Chairman, House Services Committee during the N2.3b car purchase scandal in the 6th House.
Jibrin, who accused the Speaker of not distributing the internal budget of the House to any member, said, “He operates the budget in secrecy and no member has a copy
“Speaker Dogara has supervised the mismanagement of finances of the House through wasteful award of contracts on items already in members offices
“Speaker Dogara introduced to members a fraudulent mortgage system in the House and proposed illegal deduction from members running costs
“Speaker Dogara supervised the scandalous car purchase contract in the 7th Assembly where huge sums of money in bribe was alleged
“Speaker Dogara was involved as Chairman House services in all cases of money laundering associated with the House since 2007.
“Speaker Dogara in a clear case of conflict of interest has used his office to facilitate loans from an MDA and arrange “private” meetings with MDA’s.”