“This outrageous act of the hospitals leading to the death of innocent victims indirectly constitutes a deprivation of their right to be alive.” EFCC Nigeria
The House of Representatives is pushing for the appointment of highly ranked judicial officers and financial experts to head the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission .
Sponsor of the proposed legislation, Olawale Raji explained that any person with the rank of commissioner of police as is obtainable currently should still be eligible to occupy the seat of chairman of the anti- graft agency. “be a serving or retired member of any government security or law enforcement agency not below the rank of commissioner of police or equivalent; or a person who has held or eligible to hold office as a judge of a superior court of record in Nigeria; or a person with recognized financial experience and proven integrity either in the public or private sector.”
Raji, who spoke on the general principles of the bill, said it would empower hospitals, both public and private, to treat victims of armed attack aside gunshot injuries without a police clearance and save the victim the agony of being rejected as the case in the country.
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