The Senate has expressed its willingness to start work on a bill that will ensure necessary amendments to the Act that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The spokesperson for the red chamber, Senator Ajibola Basiru, stated this in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday in Abuja.
He said, “If any group or groups think there is the need to amend the EFCC Act 2004, they should come up with the amendment they are suggesting. The National Assembly is receptive to any view, opinion and suggestion. “The National Assembly may not know what exactly those seeking the amendment want, that is why we are calling on them to come up with their recommendations.
The proposed legislation, which did not see the light of the day, had raised the qualification for the chairmanship of the EFCC to an Assistant Inspector-General of Police.
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