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Falana to NASS: Include EFCC, ICPC Acts in Constitution

A human rights activist, Femi Falana has urged the National Assembly to take advantage of the ongoing constitutional review to end the diversionary debate about the validity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practice and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Acts.

The senior lawyer said this can be done by entrenching both anti-graft agencies in the Constitution.

Falaba made this call in two separate letters he addressed to the leadership of the National Assembly- the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“If both commissions are constitutionalised, they will be protected and strengthened to fight the menace of corruption and money laundering,” he said.

The human rights activist was reacting to the comments of a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) who contended that the power under which the EFCC was established was beyond the powers of the National Assembly.

Relying on decided cases, Falana faulted Agbakoba’s submissions that the Supreme Court had knocked the EFCC on many occasions.

Falana stated that on the contrary, the Supreme Court has consistently supported the efforts of the ICPC and the EFCC in fighting monumental corruption in the country.

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