Reps Deputy Majority Leader, Jibril Is Dead

The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Umar Buba Jibril is dead.

Late Umar Buba

Jibril is the member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives.

According to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Jibril who is a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja, one of his political associates, Amuda Dan Sulaiman, confirmed.

He was 58 years old. Until his death, he was the deputy majority leader of the house. He was also a former speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly.

Jibril was recently known for sponsorship of a controversial bill recommending the setting up a government agency, to be known as the NGO Regulatory Commission that is meant to issue licences to all NGOs, which would require renewing such licences, every two years.

The bill received heavy criticism and was rejected by the public at the public hearing on the bill which Jibril failed to attend.

Jibril vowed that the house would still pass the bill, to forestall illegal activities of some of the organisations, assuring that churches, mosques and market women associations were not affected by the bill despite public criticism. However, work has not progressed on the bill since the public hearing.