I was suspended in 2005 for saying what Jega said – Yerima
A former House of Representatives member, Dr. Haruna Yerima, has said he was suspended in 2005 for saying what Professor Attahiru Jega told the National Assembly that ‘it was mired in corruption’. Speaking yesterday, Yerima said he supported Jega for saying the truth. “No member of the National Assembly can deny that there is endemic corruption in the legislature,” he said. The former lawmaker said corruption was perpetrated by chairmen of committees who oversight federal agencies. The former INEC chairman said the National Assembly members were involved in bribe-for-budget extortion of heads of agencies. In his reaction, Senate President Bukola Saraki challenged Jega to name the bribe-seeking lawmakers. Yerima however, said “what Jega said was exactly what I said in 2005 that earned me a suspension. As a former lawmaker, I can say without any contradiction that corruption is well entrenched in the National Assembly system.” He said the lawmakers perpetrated their corr...