Budget padding controversy was a controversy that affected the House of Representatives, which led to the suspension of Abdulmumin Jibril, the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation . He was suspended for 180 legislative days and removed as Chair, House Committee on Appropriation in June 2016 over an allegation he leveled against the speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal members of the house of representatives, Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun, Alhassan Doguwa and Leo Okuweh Ogor.