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The 5 laws FG’ll use to fight corruption

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That President Muhammadu Buhari abhors corruption is an accepted belief. In fact his campaign handlers used this belief as a major selling point to push his candidacy for the presidency.

As he goes about to deliver the benefits of democracy to the people, he is expected to employ five proposed laws as his weapons in the fight against corruption.

Vanguard reports that close associates of the president disclosed that a committee of legends in law, led by the vice-president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo identified the five bills which have been passed on to the President for further scrutiny.

The President in turn is said to have requested legal advice on the five bills which include the Office of the Financial Ombudsman Bill 2015, National Convicts and Criminal Records Bill 2015, Electronics Transactions Bill 2015, Whistle Blower Protection Bill 2015 and the Nigerian International Financial Centre Bill 2015.

All five bills were among the 46 rushed through the Senate on June 3, the last day of sitting by the 7th Senate. Presidency sources, however, could not confirm if the presidency gave any prompting to the Senate on the bills that led to the controversial passage of the 46 bills in a space of 10 minutes.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu nevertheless confirmed the presidency’s interest in the five bills but would not say more than that when contacted.

However, normally reliable sources close to the President said that the President has sought legal advice on the bills. The sources, however, would not say to what degree the Osinbajo-led committee of legends in law has gone on the issue, but it is expected that the committee would prod the President to give his assent to the bills.

Osinbajo has generally been expected to lead the administration’s efforts in justice sector reform and the identification of the five bills in the initial campaign against graft is believed to be in that direction.

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  1. OludeJoe

    June 16, 2015 at 9:10 am

    Whistle blower and Electronic transaction bills are long overdue. I am aware that ISACA, Nigeria has been working with 7th NASS on Electronic bill, happy that PMB is doing something about it.

  2. billion$

    June 16, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    waiting…

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