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| Dr. Bukola Saraki |
CIVIL society group, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre’s
(CISLAC) yesterday in Abuja challenged the Senate's decision over its sudden and speedy amendment
of the Code of Conduct Bureau CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Act
amidst the trial of the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki over false
declaration and failure to declare his assets pursuant to the code of conducts
of the public officers in Nigeria.
In a statement by the group’s Executive Director, Auwal Ibrahim
Rafsanjani at a briefing stated that any attempt by the Senate to amend the
current CCB and CCT Act will be resisted by Nigerian citizens adding that such
act is ill-motivated, ill-timed and indicative of personal interests.
“The civil society organisations (CSOs) working to promote justice
and good governance in Nigeria have been monitoring with consternation the
ongoing undemocratic, self-serving, and dubious attempt by the Senate of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria to hasten the passage of the proposed amendment of
the law setting up the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct
Tribunal (CCT).
“The senate president is also in the dock over
allegations of false and anticipatory declarations of assets. He is also
alleged to have breached the law by keeping secret foreign accounts in offshore
tax havens, as confirmed in the leaked Panama papers.
“The so
called distinguished fellow has equally been accused of forging the Senate
rules. These are weighty allegations, which ordinarily should have compelled
Senator Saraki to step down and use the judicial process to clear his name”, he
said.
The group
added that the ongoing trial of the Senate President has open up more dreadful cans
of worms which cannot be swept under the carpet including how the state’s fund
were allegedly manipulated and diverted into bank accounts believed to belong
to the Senate President as well as how he continued to earn salaries and allowances
after leaving office as the governor of Kwara state.
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