• Says privatisation exercise lacks transparency
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THE ongoing National Conference yesterday voted overwhelmingly for the removal of immunity clause from the constitution.
As Conference Committee, Vice Chairman Bolaji Akinyemi, read out the recommendation from the committee report, he was informed by some of the delegates that a similar recommendation had been made earlier. However, after searching for the said proposal supposedly made earlier, it was discovered that it was not considered.
At this juncture, Prof. Akinyemi called on the delegates to vote on the matter, whether the said amendment should be passed.
The original committee proposal reads “the immunity clause should be removed if the offences attract criminal charges to encourage accountability by those managing the economy.” It was amended to indicate that it should not be restricted to criminal charges but on all charges.
This was overwhelmingly voted for as the delegates expressed the feeling that the immunity clause has contributed in no small measure to the present state of unbridled corruption and corrupt practices in the country’s polity.
Also adopted for recommendation was that government should pass an anti-trust law that would ease the cases of corruption and help in revitalising the economy of Nigeria.
Also unanimously passed for onward recommendation was that the socio-economic rights as provided in Section 16 of the 1999 Constitution should be made justifiable in particular sub-Section 2 and should be obligatory and not optional.
Unexpectedly, the conference rejected the recommendation that contracts for less than N10 billion should be reserved for Nigerians only. This was taken twice but the voting remained the name.
Delegates at the confab also faulted the privatisation exercise carried out by the Federal Government, saying it lacked transparency and appropriate legal framework to back some of the deals.
While proffering amendments to the report of the Conference Committee in Economy, Trade and Investment, the delegates said the haste with which some of the deals were carried out were responsible for the some hiccups the exercise has experienced.
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• Fashola tasks N’Assembly on changes to electoral laws
As Conference Committee, Vice Chairman Bolaji Akinyemi, read out the recommendation from the committee report, he was informed by some of the delegates that a similar recommendation had been made earlier. However, after searching for the said proposal supposedly made earlier, it was discovered that it was not considered.
At this juncture, Prof. Akinyemi called on the delegates to vote on the matter, whether the said amendment should be passed.
The original committee proposal reads “the immunity clause should be removed if the offences attract criminal charges to encourage accountability by those managing the economy.” It was amended to indicate that it should not be restricted to criminal charges but on all charges.
This was overwhelmingly voted for as the delegates expressed the feeling that the immunity clause has contributed in no small measure to the present state of unbridled corruption and corrupt practices in the country’s polity.
Also adopted for recommendation was that government should pass an anti-trust law that would ease the cases of corruption and help in revitalising the economy of Nigeria.
Also unanimously passed for onward recommendation was that the socio-economic rights as provided in Section 16 of the 1999 Constitution should be made justifiable in particular sub-Section 2 and should be obligatory and not optional.
Unexpectedly, the conference rejected the recommendation that contracts for less than N10 billion should be reserved for Nigerians only. This was taken twice but the voting remained the name.
Delegates at the confab also faulted the privatisation exercise carried out by the Federal Government, saying it lacked transparency and appropriate legal framework to back some of the deals.
While proffering amendments to the report of the Conference Committee in Economy, Trade and Investment, the delegates said the haste with which some of the deals were carried out were responsible for the some hiccups the exercise has experienced.
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