Attahiru Jega, former chairman of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday alleged that
members of the National Assembly are notorious for seeking bribes to carry out
their constitutional duties.
Jega said this while delivering
this year’s Democracy Day lecture at the International Conference Centre in
Abuja.
The Professor of Political
Science said he had, “spoken to quite a number of chief executives who
complained of high demand for bribes from members of the National Assembly in
the name of so called oversight functions.”
Jega claimed that, “some chairmen
of committees at the National Assembly are notorious for seeking for bribes.”
The event had in attendance,
President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker Yakubu
Dogara, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen and other top government
personalities.
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