A former House of Representatives
member, Dr Haruna Yerima has recalled how he was suspended in 2005 for saying
what Professor Attahiru Jega said about the National Assembly.
The former lawmaker said
corruption was being perpetrated by chairmen of committees during oversight of
federal agencies.
“I support Jega for saying the
truth. No member of the National Assembly can deny that there is endemic
corruption in the legislature,” he told Daily Trust.
“What Jega said was exactly what
I said in 2005 that earned me a suspension. As a former lawmaker, I can say
without any contradiction that corruption is well entrenched in the National
Assembly system,” he added.
He said the lawmakers perpetrate
their corrupt acts in the oversight of MDAs.
“Other apertures of corruption in the
legislature include bogus retiring of expenditure by lawmakers, systemic
corruption in execution of constituency projects, where some of the contractors
are lawmakers themselves, as well as the controversial process of payment of
allowances,” he said.
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