By Iheanacho Nwosu,
Abuja and Chinelo Ogbogo Ahead of today’s resumption of the House of Representatives from the Christmas and New Year holidays, fresh plot to impeach the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has filled the Chamber. Coordinated by a group, Transparency Network, the new move against the Speaker is over the allegation of fraud in the award of contract for the supply of 400 Toyota Camry 2012 model cars.
Some of the vehicles have already been delivered and distributed to members for committee assignments. The plot may have also been as a result of a rumour that the leadership of the House plans to shuffle chairmanship of standing committees. Similar moves against Tambuwal were foiled last year. Those who masterminded the plots claimed being starved of funds as a result of the House’s rift with the Presidency. The chamber later dissociated itself from the move and passed a vote of confidence on Tambuwal.
Similar vote of confidence was also passed on the Speaker after the Presidency was alleged to have moved against Tambuwal, following the Farouk Lawan bribery scandal that rocked the House. The Presidency later denied the claim that it plotted against the speaker. If the plan goes ahead, it would be a repeat of previous attempts where Speakers will be accused of siphoning funds meant for the lawmakers. Recall that a former member of the House, Dino Melaye, and his group of self-styled progressives, had accused the former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, of corruption in the purchase of cars worth N2.3 billion in 2008 as well as buying special vehicles worth N335 million for the leadership of the lower chamber of the National Assembly.
In the current plot to remove the Speaker, Daily Sun gathered that members of the Transparency Network, led by a lawmaker from Borno State (names withheld), with the prompting of some personnel in the Presidency, have been holding meetings since last Thursday with the main objective of initiating impeachment process against Tambuwal upon the resumption of the House. A member of the House from Bauchi State, who did not want to be named, and who was part of the meeting held at a five-star hotel in Abuja last weekend, told our reporters that already, a committee had been set up by the aggrieved members to fine-tune strategies ahead of the resumption of the House today.
On why he is revealing what transpired in their meetings, some positions taken by those championing the new cause were unclear, a situation he said made, at least, seven of the lawmakers to question the motive. He also claimed that it was discovered that the leadership of the group was doing the bidding of some unnamed interests. He said: “We have since realised that the ultimate aim was to destabilise the leadership of the House for some sinister motives.” However, when contacted, a principal officer of the House, who did not want his name mentioned, exonerated the Speaker from the allegation, claiming that the leadership had no business with the purchase of cars. He said: “If you recall last year, we passed a resolution, distancing ourselves from all contracts in the House.
We reaffirmed that only the management of the National Assembly is empowered by law to issue contracts and since then, we have had nothing to do with such issues. To us, this is no issue at all. The issue of cars is not new to us, you know it was the bone of contention during the sixth Assembly where the former Speaker Dimeji Bankole, had issue with the purchase of Peugeot cars for the members. With that experience in mind, we have decided we won’t go there at all.”
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I will want tambuwal impeach
May dis bokoharam sponsor be impeach, nigerians hate dis man, d man dey spoil jona administratn bcos of his wicked intntion.
Some of u are commenting on issues u do not have full knowledge or details & u were not opportuned 2 watch d live broadcast of d speaker’s election, remember it is this same Tambuwal who intervened on ur behalf (while senate kept quiet)when Jonathan removed fuel subsidy making u 2 remain in ur villages for some weeks,is it bcos he has refuse to be a stooge for Jonathan that’s why u are calling him names? Jonathan needed a stooge in d person of mrs Mulikat Akande 2 be d speaker,but members refused bcos they will be in cage without having a say.
No Emma you lied this man is evil agent from the useless north.
boko haram is his second name.
Emma you hv spoken well. some people speak before they think. This is how senate president described Labaran Maku the (dis)Honourable Minister of (mis)information.
From one fraud speaker to another, Nigeria has no hope of survival. From those who want to impeach to those to be impeached, what is the difference?
u peoples should not to make sectional statement because he come from particular side,bear in mind that it is not every body that support killing innocent people even people in south that siphoned money meant for his peoples is not bad than bokoharram? pls stop make sectional statement becos it will not help us okay
@osy ur right.frm whole tin wot im ceing, is plans on hw 2 execute d judgemnt.i dnt c any concrete tin here..lets nt condem.,.,he is stll a figure head.
my mouth shortup&i keep pause till mr tambruwa resume,my coment shall be next wednesday.
we dnt even know what transpired to the issue of impeachment, sombody should be remembered good he has done, for Me Tambuwal is different from past Speakers. So, we should stop being Sentimental, afterall who is Perfect? except God.
How can you have 400 cars for 360 members? What happened to their previous vehicles, its only in Nigeria politicians compete with gangsters for the latest version of cars
Let thorough investigatn be conductd b4 roping him 2 death. I dnt trust any nigerian politican bcos they re products of moral debased families.
pls can somebody tell me why the CBN governor has intentionally withdraw the circulation of small denomination in the country.(5, 10, 20, 50.) since his agenda was suspended there is massive scarce of these denominations in circulation. i feel he is indirectly achieving his aim. pls help me cry aloud over these issue. this is already having adverse effect on the prices of household items.
God z watchin us
@ Asiwaju D-ole,am from south south,i do not belong 2 any political party neither do i have d intention,but i hate ethnicity/tribalism bcos there are some good ones in d North,has Boko haram mentioned Tambuwal as member or sponsor? Whosoever can rule us well or bring us out of dis current situation,i dont mind d tribe nor age, provided he does d right thing.
Keep coverinh ur ass one day the wind ll blow to unravel ur beneath. Legisloots members
Keep coverinh ur ass one day the wind ll blow to unravel ur beneath. Legisloots members.
2014 is close. Lets end it all. Up okopusem republic. Ndito akwa-cross imaka ibono…oooo ebake emem..oooo
Thats Obj at work, he told Tambuwal that he wil only be speaker for 2years
It is ideal to order any car and inflate prices afterall, what happened to the former speaker and his fellow corrupt members. They were set free.
How can robbers and criminals make laws for the people. ? They will sell this country of they are not checked.
All these so called law makers are all business men and women,thier interests are just on financail benefits if the speaker is impeached otherwise what happened to the former speakers that were accused of corruption.
WELL WELL WELL,TAMBUWAL,YOU VE HEARD AND SEEN IT ALL PEOPLE ARE NOW SHIFTING FROM GEJ TO YOU COS HIS ISSUES VE BEEN KILLED AND BURIED.BETTER STAND WELL O…SOME ILLITERATES LIKE ME DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE STORY YET THEY FELT LIKE MAKING COMMENT.IMAGINE SOMEBODY SAYING…”NIGERIANS HATE DIS MAN…..BOKOHARAM……MUST BE IMPEACHED….”PLS,MY ADVISE FOR YOU IS THAT,YOU SHOULD LEARN TO TALK ABOUT FOREVER-FAILED REPUBLIC LIKE BIABURA.FUCKING RITUALISTS THAT SELLS THEIR MOTHERS TO MAKE MONEY….