Photo: Festus Keyamo comes after Yakubu Dogara over his public show of his alleged 300k payslip

The controversial Nigerian lawyer Festus Keyamo, has made mockery of Yakubu Dogara’s public show of his ₦300,000-per-month payslip by tweeting the below comment. He is of the opinion that the house of reps members are performing a comedy show for Nigerians to watch.

 Keyamo wrote the below on his twitter handle:

ALSO READ: Photos: Speaker Dogara's Pay Slip says he earns N300,000 per month

“The latest comedy showing at cinemas is some guys showing their 300k-a-month salary pay slips, but spent billions to get the job! Tickets available.”

Recall that the Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara, had on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, shared photos of his payslipfrom October 2016 to March 2017.

ALSO READ:  Dogara's payslips shows that I earn more than him, I will publish mine too - Honorable Jibrin

Dogara revealed this after Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, dared the members of the National Assembly to share the reports of their budget as proof that they were undeniably in support of the anti-graft war led by the current government.

In reaction to thisFestus Keyamo, however of the opinion that they are acting out a comedy for Nigerians to watch.

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Dogara's payslips shows that I earn more than him, I will publish mine too - Honorable Jibrin

*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.

ALSO READ: Photos: Speaker Dogara's Pay Slip says he earns N300,000 per month

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.

ALSO READ: Photos: Speaker Dogara's Pay Slip says he earns N300,000 per month

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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Photos: Speaker Dogara's Pay Slip says he earns N300,000 per month

*The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has publicly released his pay slips for 6 months

Yakubu Dogara

*Started from October, November, December 2016 and January, February, March 2017.

Yakubu Dogara had on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 released his pay slips to the media for last six months, via his spokesman, Turaki Hissan.

The documents revealed the analysis of the Dogara’s salary for October, November, December 2016 and January, February and March 2017.

October 2016 pay slip

November 2016 pay slip

December 2016 pay slip

Based on the details in the document, Dogara gets about ₦300, 000 with exclusion of taxes, according to The Cable.

January 2017 pay slip

February 2017 pay slip

March 2017 pay slip

Recall that the speaker on Friday April 7, in reaction to calls by the Kaduna state Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai revealed, that the leadership of the National Assembly had instructed the bureaucracy and all other agencies under the legislative arms to make public the details of their annual financial statement starting from 2017 budget which is still under deliberation in the assembly.

Also, Dogara had asked the governor, who he said is “known for his consistent advocacy for openness in the budget of the National Assembly”, to, in the spirit of good governance, transparency and accountability spread his crusade to other arms and tiers of government in local or state level. 

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Reps move against commercialization of Navy led, by Shorefac Consortium Limited

House of Representatives has instructed the ministry of defence to halt all further arrangements on commercialisation of the Nigeria Navy by foreign groups, managed by Shorefac Consortium Limited

The House states that the Nigerian Navy, working together with Shorefac Consortium Limited of which has solid international affiliations will lead to unwarranted exposure of the country to foreign intrusion

House of Reps has also warned of a new cabal evolving in the Nigerian oil and gas sector.

The Representatives has branded what it described as new cabals, whose main target is to steal and divert Nigeria’s crude oil and liquefied gas to international destinations.

According to Vanguard, So as to check the rise of the new cabal, the House in its determination, directed the ministry of defence to halt all further movements on commercialisation of the Nigeria Navy by foreign groups, led by Shorefac Consortium Limited.

The agreement made by the reps was as a result of a motion on matter of urgent public importance sponsored by Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonayinma, representing Egor/Ikoba-Okha Federal Constituency of Edo state.

Referring to the motion, Agbonayinma alleged that Shorefac Consortium Limited of which has a strong international association of trying to team up with the Nigerian Navy in commercializing the Maritime Services Department of the Navy

The motion claiming the emergence of the new cabal in the oil and gas sector states:

“On February 21, 2017, Shorefac Consortium Limited made a proposal of a business model to the Ministry of Defence that would deliver 100 fast boats to the Nigerian Navy, together with an offer of maintenance support, all at no cost to the government.

“Shorefac Consortium, in order to recoup its investments, would become a commercial partner to the Nigerian Navy in commercializing the Maritime Services Department of the Navy which would then be expected to provide security services at a cost to International Oil Companies and other owners and operators of offshore assets.

“Shorefac Consortium Limited has strong international affiliations, therefore, engaging such a company to collaborate with a key arm of the nation’s Armed Forces will amount to commercializing its core constitutional role and cause undue exposure of the country to foreign interference.

“Funding of the Armed Forces is the priority of the Federal Government, which must shield them from all manners of commercial ventures that could put the country’s security at risk.

“Commercialization of any sector of the Armed Forces would bring about profiteering that is devoid of allegiance to national causes, and ultimately erode the core military values of order and discipline as personnel would begin to compete to be part of the lucrative commercial business.”

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Reps to investigate Customs ban on sale of seized goods

On Thursday, March 16, in Abuja, The House of Representatives has instructed its Committee on Customs and Excise to probe the failure of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, to auction seized items.

House of Representative

This was after the adoption of a motion on the “Need to Investigate the Failure of the Nigerian Customs Service to Auction Confiscated Goods’’.

Prestige Ossy, representing Abia-PDP, who sponsored the motion, said that ban on the auction of goods confiscated by the NCS, led to the forfeiture of such items to the Federal Government.

Ossy expressed worry that since the commencement of the ban in 2015, “it had resulted to the proliferation of seized goods at various formations of the Nigerian Custom Services’’.

Ossy said that goods confiscated in large numbers from various parts of the country includes consumables, vehicles, clothing materials and containers of assorted household items.

The rep said that rather than auctioning the seized items which worth billions of naira, the Customs service left them to depreciate.

He said: “most of these goods, especially the vehicles with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth over N6 billion, are rapidly dilapidating and depreciating in value.

“The Customs service will eventually spend huge amount of money in disposing them when it ought to have generated huge revenue for the government by auctioning them before they weather away.’’

He said that the website established in 2015, for an auction sale, annouced by NCS, had not materialised for over two year now.

“The failure to auction goods in its custody had denied the Federal Government over N1 trillion which ought to accrue to it from the auctioning of those goods,’’ Ossy said.

Upon the adoption of the motion, the house passed it to the Committee on Customs and Excise to investigate and come back with a report in eight weeks time.

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