The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy
Centre (CISLAC) on Monday called for probe of the alleged $600,000 bribe
against the Chairman, House of Representatives’ Ad-hoc Committee, on
fuel subsidy regime Rep. Farouk Lawan.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by Auwal Ibrahim, executive director of CISLAC.
The statement called on the National
Assembly and the executive arm of government “ not to let the current
scandal serve as a straw to bury the probe report under the carpet”.
It advised the leadership of the House
to urgently institute thorough investigation into the alleged bribe and
involve anti-graft agencies to also probe the circumstances and reality
of all claims.
``Those indicted by the report may go to
their wits end in order to rubbish an exercise that is widely applauded
by Nigerians in view of the nasty dealings it uncovered”, CISLAC said.
The organisation warned that the outcome
of the probe panel should not be tampered with but should be
implemented by the Federal Government to the letter.
The organisation warned that any attempt
to foot-drag in implementing the report, as endorsed by the larger
House would be viewed by the public “as a lame to thwart the entire
report”.
According to the statement, the
7thSession of the House of Representatives enjoyed tremendous respect
and goodwill from the public.
``It should therefore shun sentiment and do all that is needed to be done to clear its name from this odious allegation.”
It will be recalled that Lawan was accused of collecting a $600,000 bribe from an oil marketer.
Faruk, who reacted to the allegation, described that development as part of a larger plot to discredit the report.
He, however, said that the move came “a little too late”.
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