Former Chairman of the House of
Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin has
carpeted the spokesman of the House, Hon. Abdulrazaq Namdas over the
latter’s comments on his date of expected return from his suspension.
Jubrin had been suspended for 180 legislative days amid the budget padding saga which rocked the House last year.
The embattled lawmakers reportedly got
angered by Namdas’ comment that he was yet to complete his suspension
and that Jibrin would have to apologise to the lower chamber as a
condition for his return to the chamber.
However, Jibrin, in a statement issued
last night by his media aide, Godwin Onyeacholem, berrated Namdas for
making comments which are “insensitive and insult to the people of his
constituency, coming on a day Kiru/Bebeji constituents gathered to
further deepen their protests and mark a one year of brazen impunity and
injustice meted on them and the member representing them (who it is a
public knowledge committed no offense).”
The statement further read:”For the
avoidance of doubt, I wish to state that Hon. Jibrin’s position on this
issue remains, as always, immutable. He has maintained that denying his
constituents representation for one good year is unconstitutional and
negates all known democratic principles, just as asking him to apologize
for doing no wrong is a negation of all known social norms.
“It is somewhat weird that the official
spokesman of the House claims that he does not know the exact date that
Hon. Jibrin’s purported suspension would lapse. That in itself speaks
volume of the subterfuge and sinister motives around the whole issue.
“Hon. Jibrin is aware of sacrifices
required during struggles like this. He is therefore prepared to make
whatever sacrifice for the good of the House of Representatives and
Nigeria as a whole, so that posterity will remember him on the good side
of history.”
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