The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday sacked the House Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin.
Jibrin’s removal was announced at plenary on Wednesday.
He was immediately replaced.
Hon. Mustapha Bala Dawaki (APC-Kano), who hitherto chaired the Committee on Housing, was announced as Jibrin’s replacement.
It could be recalled Jibrin was enmeshed in a controversy following revelations that he allocated projects worth over N4 billion to his Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State during the consideration of the 2016 Appropriation Bill.
Following the revelation, several members had demanded for his resignation, but Dogara had prevailed on them to shelve their demands.
Jibrin was also one of those opposed to the institutionalisation of immunity for Pricipal Officers of the Senate.
