By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, yesterday, said he could not be investigated or interrogated over alleged padding of the 2016 budget. Giving reasons he refused to be interrogated by the Police Special Investigating Panel over the issue, Dogara argued that no one or agency has the powers to pry into activities of the House, saying “most of the things we do in the National Assembly are privileged.” The speaker, who spoke at an interactive session with Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Abuja, on the one-year review of the 8th House of Representatives Legislative Agenda, said he enjoys statutory protection under the Legislative Houses Powers & Privileges Act.
The event was organized by the Policy &Legal Advocacy Centre, PLAC, in collaboration with the House of Representatives.
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Source: Vanguard
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