Reps Committee Suspends NILDS DG Probe Over Lack Of Evidence

The House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Library, Research and Documentation has suspended an investigative hearing into allegations against the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Prof. Suleiman Abubakar.

This follows the failure of petitioners to provide documentary evidence to support their claims.

The petitioners, Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, had accused Prof Abubakar of participating in a governorship primary election without resigning his appointment, in alleged breach of constitutional and civil service regulations.

Chairman of the committee, Yusuf Galambi directed the petitioners to submit relevant documents, including political party records, nomination forms and expression of interest forms allegedly linked to the NILDS director-general, noting that a formal invitation had already been extended to the NILDS boss.

Earlier, the representative of Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners
Williams Amuga said the allegations were based on reports and publications circulated on social media.

The committee subsequently suspended the hearing and directed the petitioners to return with additional evidence before further proceedings.

Oduyemi Odumade, Edited By Grace Namiji