President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has described members of the National Assembly as the genuine fighters of corruption in Nigeria.
Lawan, made the remark when he inaugurated Nigeria’s chapter of the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption in Abuja.
Lawan’s declaration is coming on the heels of the refusal of the federal parliament to disclose details of its annual budget despite mounting pressure from the media and the civil society groups.
But the Senate President argued that the National Assembly in 1999 created the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Lawan says they created the National Financial Intelligence Unit out of the EFCC. And asked if any one is fighting corruption than they do. So, they are genuinely fighting corruption and they go all the way.
The inauguration of GOPAC had reinforced the government’s anti-corruption campaign, the importance of transparency and accountability to good governance.
