Stop embarassing our country, Nigerians in Diaspora tell Jibrin

The UK chapter of the Nigerians In the Dias­pora Monitoring Group has said Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, deserves commendation for sacking the former Chairman, House Com­mittee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, after it emerged that he ma-nipulated the national budget. The group also lashed out at Jibrin, say­ing his actions since his sack has become an embarrassment to the country in the comity of nations.
In an electronic mes­sage to journalists, UK Representative of the group, Adeka Onyila, said it was sad that at a time when parliaments of other nations were ex­ploring ways to protect their economies from the global melt-down, those in Nigeria are robbing the populace in the name of working on the bud­get. He accused Jibrin of attacking the leadership of the House as a form of defence but warned that such antics has failed as Nigerians are now wiser.

“Instead of showing remorse as one would expect in 2016 Nigeria, he went on denial; first he claimed he resigned and not sacked only for him to turn around and started making spurious ac-cusations against oth­ers.
“We hereby call on members of the House of Representatives, the dis­gruntled ones, to stop giv-ing Nigeria a bad name abroad. We say this be­cause we have observed with alarm that some of them are lining up be­hind Jibrin to back him against the House leader­ship when he should be cen-sured. Such ridicu­lous support could only be driven by a desire to make political gains out of the lies cooked up by Jibrin to save his face.