A bill to amend the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 to accommodate necessary counselling and training for convicts of corruption-related offences has scaled second reading in the Green Chamber.
The bill was supported by Hononourable Akiolu Moshood Kayode, addressing Lagos Island.
Driving the discussion during plenary on Wednesday, Kayode said the bill seeks to revise Section 67 of the Principal Act by expanding it with extra three provisions which specify that magistrates and judges shall not just sentence convicts of corruption-related offences to imprisonment and/or fines however will likewise force on them a mandatory time of counselling and training.
Speaking on the overall standards of the bill, Kayode explained that the mandatory anti-corruption counselling and training of persons convicted of corruption-related offences are in acknowledgment of the strong connection that exists between mental disposition and the crude accumulation of wealth.
The Green Chamber additionally made plans to investigate alleged smuggling activities by personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
The Chamber took the decision at a plenary session following the reception of a motion of urgent public significance sponsored by the member representing Badagry Federal Constituency, Lagos State, Oluwaseun Whingan.
Whingan referred to an occurrence involving a journalist in Badagry, Lagos state earlier this month who was attacked while attempting to make video recording of activities at a location he depicted as a “smuggling zone.
The legislator who moved the motion caused a commotion over the way of behaving of the Customs officers.
In addition to other things, he called for the investigation of the Nigerian Customs Service’s legal framework and the activities of officers of the agency while carrying out their duties
The motion has anyway been alluded to the Committee on Customs and Excise.
