Thenational Vice-Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Senator
Joseph Waku, on Sunday in Abuja asked members of the House of
Representatives to have a rethink on their plan to amend the Act
establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The
Senator had also in 2000 allegedly called for the military take over of
power barely one year after the return to democratic rule.
Waku,
in a statement, said if the lawmakers had a genuine reason to amend the
EFCC Act, the timing was already suggestive of some ulterior motives.
He
said, “It is public knowledge that the EFCC, of recent has charged a
significant number of serving and past members of the House to court
over alleged involvement in corruption cases.
These people are
bitter and will naturally want to fight back. The only logical thing is
to mobilise their colleagues on the floor of the House of
Representatives to engage the EFCC leadership or whittle down its
powers.
“As such, if the House is now initiating processes to
amend the EFCC Act with full concentration on qualifications of who
occupies the
position of the commission’s chairman, the only
logical conclusion that can be drawn is that the process is targeting
the current head of the agency for obvious reasons.
Waku added,
“As representatives of the people of Nigeria, I will want to urge our
lawmakers to reconsider their position so that ordinary Nigerians will
not take it that the House is only fighting a proxy war for its members
facing corruption charges.
“The House has in particular lately
suffered a lot of damages to its image and the ongoing effort should not
be allowed to further lower the public perception of the green chamber
of the National Assembly.”
No comments:
Post a Comment