Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has distanced the National Assembly from the ongoing N89 trillion stamp duties controversies between a Rep member, Gudaji Kazaure and the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Kazaure, in a viral video, had accused the Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, of attempts to cover-up facts surrounding the collection of the stamp duty funds.
While speaking to journalists on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja Gbajabiamila said the stamp duties funds controversy had nothing to do with the National Assembly.
He said: “Kazaure, from my understanding, is working with whoever he’s working with. If it necessitates the House coming in, we will come in.
“If he has an official function, he should go ahead and do his work, but this has nothing to do with National Assembly.”
Gbajabiamila said that the House can only call Kazaure to order if he was impugning on the integrity of the House, individuals or leadership of the House that have nothing to do with what he was doing.
The speaker said he discussed various national issues with the president, including next year’s general elections, associated rising violence and the controversies trailing recently introduced cashless policy.
On his meeting with the president, Gbajabiamila said his visit was routine, adding that they had discussions on critical national issues.
“I’m sure you know some of these things, and I just wanted to get his perspective on them and give him mine and that of the National Assembly’s perspective and position on those matters. We had a fruitful discussion.”
Article updated 2 weeks ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
