A bill for the establishment of
Ekiti Economic Crimes Commission (EECC) has scaled second reading at the
state’s house of assembly.
The executive bill was sent to
the house by Ayodele Fayose, governor of the state.
If passed, Ekiti will be the
first state in the country to have an independent body charged with the
responsibility of investigating economic crimes.
Writing via his Twitter handle,
Fayose said is in line with the tenets of a federal system of government, which
Nigeria practices.
He wrote: “A bill for the
establishment of Ekiti Economic Crimes Commission (EECC) that I sent to the
house of assembly was today, sent to the house committee on public accounts and
anti-corruption.
“It has passed second reading.
“Nigeria is a federation and we
must run it like one.”
A bill for the establishment of Ekiti Economic Crimes Commission (EECC) that I sent to the House of Assembly was today, sent to the House Committee on Public Accounts & Anti Corruption. It has passed 2nd reading.Nigeria is a federation and we must run it like one.— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) January 31, 2018
This comes a day after a federal
high court in the state held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) lacked powers to investigate finances of a state.
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