A bill to amend the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Commission Law has scaled second reading in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions, & LASIEC, Victor Akande, made this known during the plenary on Tuesday.
Akande noted that the amendment was a result of the lacunas the extant law created and as such, they need for amendment.
The lawmaker said the amendment was in a bid to put an end to corruption and achieve transparency in the public sector.
He said: “The amendment of the long title of the bill be changed to read “Lagos State Anti-corruption and Transparency Commission. The secretary of the commission is to possess the qualification of a legal practitioner with not less than 10 years experience,’’
Collaborating, Gbolahan Yishawu submitted that the amendment showed that the House was responsive in spite of the recent passage of the bill into law in 2021.
Yishawu said the amendment would by extension further strengthen the law.
Also, the House Majority Leader, Sanai Agunbiade said the ultimate objective of the law was to ensure transparency in the finances of the government.
Agunbiade noted that the new title proposed captured the purpose of the commission which was to rid governance of corruption.
To this end, the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa committed the amended bill to the House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions & LASIEC to report its findings in a week.
In a related development, the speaker announced the confirmation of Mr. Salami Adeniji as the state Auditor-General.
Subsequently, Obasa directed the Acting Clerk, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko, to forward the approval of the nominee to the Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.