*Jibrin has come out to counter the Speaker of the House of Representatives, says, does it he earns more than the speaker, believes the payslips were not authentic
*He also said he has requested for his own payslips from the National Assembly which he would make public to show the difference
The Suspended representative, Abdulmumin Jibrin has raised suspicions over the genuineness of the payslips released by his boss Yakubu Dogara, who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In series of tweets released on his Twitter handle, Jibrin said the figures released as the speaker’s monthly pay were far below his own monthly as a floor member of the house of reps.
See what he tweeted below:
Speaking on the National Assembly budget, he said: "As regard NASS budget, I completely agree with paragraph 9, 10 and 11 but will raise issues on paragraph 5, 6.
"The statement failed to address the call by Nigerians and majority of members for Mr Speaker to disclose details of our internal budget.
"Beside salaries, allowances and running cost , no member has details of about 20 other expenditure heads captured in Namdas statement.
"I am aware majority of members feel terribly embarrassed and are presently insisting on having access to the internal budget of the House.
"The details of INEC budget does not just "exist else where".
"Mr Speaker, you know that NILS HQ is not completely funded from NASS allocation but part funded by FG under service wide vote.
"If Mr Speaker is saying ' budget disclosure' commences 2017,Nigerians will never see details of how a trillion was spent in last 10 years?
"It’s no favour to Nigerians disclosing details of budget. In fact, it is a criminal offense to refuse even members copy of their budget.
"I have so much comments to make on 2017 budget which I will release before the budget is transmitted to Mr President, God grace."
Recall that Tellforceblog earlier reported that the Speaker released his payslip to the public, in order to encourage the spirit of transparency among public officers.
The documents released by Dogara showed the breakdown of his salary for October, November, December 2016 and January, February, March 2017.
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