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| Sen Pres. Bukola Saraki |
In Nigeria’s lawmaking process,
rarely do bills get such accelerated legislative action.
The bill sponsored by Peter
Nwaoboshi (PDP-Delta State), passed second reading and subsequently referred to
the committees on Judiciary and Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. The
committees will report back in two weeks.
The bill seeks to amend Section 3
of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act “to give every public officer
appearing (before the) Bureau fair hearing provided for under Section 36 (2) a)
of the CFRN 1999 which provides; for an opportunity for the person whose rights
and obligations may be affected to make representations to the administering
authority before that authority makes the decision affecting that person.”
The existing law, Mr. Nwaoboshi
said in his lead argument, does not provide for the Bureau, CCB, to take
written statement from concerned public officers before referring a matter of
alleged non-compliance to the Tribunal, CCT.