Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday argued that the abolition of security votes as being advocated by many in the country would breed chaos in the polity instead
of curbing corruption as is being widely believed, stating that there is no development without security.
He said, the answer to your question as to whether security votes are necessary is an emphatic “Yes” and buttressed his arguments with copious anecdotes from the United States Congress, several publications and examples. Mr Fayemi attributed the Iran Contra affair and other government action in South America as products of the use of security votes which those governments conveniently put away from the eyes of their citizens.However, the governor stated that in his state, every transaction involving security votes are very well documented and receipted but nevertheless argued that unless something is done to ameliorate the malaise, abuse of security votes in the country would continue to be rife.
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