The Nigerian Senate took a bold step on Thursday by finally passing the Code of Conduct amendment bill, 2016.

The amendment included - altering the tenure of office of the chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Bureau.

Here are nine major adjustments made the CCT Act by the Nigerian Senate today:

1.Tenure of CCB Chairman altered from serving until 70years to ONLY one term of five years, renewable by only one term. Entry age left at 50

2. Relocating the power to exercise authority over the CCB from President to the National Assembly.

3. Extending powers of AGF to prosecute to private legal practitioners to enable CCB to prosecute it's cases.

4. National Assembly (no longer President) will now have the powers to confer any additional powers (if need be) on CCB.


5. A minimum of 3 out of 5 members of the CCT must sit at all times to be deemed to have formed a quorum.

6. All nominated CCT members are now to be subject to screening and confirmation by the Senate.

7.To enable cases of exception under the CCB Act to be handled by the National Assembly instead of the President.

8. Provisions of Evidence Act (2011) are now to apply to the CCT where crime is an issue.

9. Accused persons concerned in a case before CCB shall be given opportunity to make a written admission of any breach or non-compliance and where such written admission is made, there shall be no reference to the CCT.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/10/9-major-adjustments-senate-made-to-cct.html

cc lalasticlala

The National Assembly are not only made up of crooks, misfits, and scallywags, they are incurably ignorant of the provisions of the law vis a vis the constitution..

Okay lets even look at some of the amendments:

2. Relocating the power to exercise authority over the CCB from President to the National Assembly.

In one breath, they will cry of Separation of powers, in another, they wants retake the duties of another arm of government(Judiciary). Why not allow the Judiciary handle the supervision of the CCT?

3. Extending powers of AGF to prosecute to private legal practitioners to enable CCB to prosecute it's cases.

This is in direct conflict with the powers of the Attorney General, as spelt out bu the consitution:

211. (1) The attorney general of a state shall have power

(a) to institute and undertake criminal proceedings against any person before any court of law in Nigeria other than a court-martial in respect of any offence created by or under any law of the House of Assembly;

(b) to take over and continue any such criminal proceedings that may have been instituted by any other authority or person; and

7.To enable cases of exception under the CCB Act to be handled by the National Assembly nstead of the President.

This is an affront on section 211 (b) of the Nigerian Constitution :
THE AG shall take over and continue any such criminal proceedings that may have been instituted by any other authority or person;

9. Accused persons concerned in a case before CCB shall be given opportunity to make a written admission of any breach or non-compliance and where such written admission is made, there shall be no reference to the CCT.

Clowns! This is like.rendering the CCT redudant and a mere sitting dock...

In short the whole exercise by the ever Useless and corrupt National Assembly has been rendered useless by the provison of the constitution as enunciated below;

) Save as otherwise provided by this Constitution, the exercise of legislative powers by the National Assembly or by a House of Assembly shall be subject to the jurisdiction of courts of law and of judicial tribunals established by law, and accordingly, the National Assembly or a House of Assembly shall not enact any law, that ousts or purports to oust the jurisdiction of a court of law or of a judicial tribunal established by law.

I expect President Buhari the useless amendment into the trash bin..


lalasticlala Seun

_Fuck their amendments...

Nigeria legislative adjusting law to their taste

a country were you make suggestion just to favour ur generations to come

I hope those backing the senate when saraki came up would now see where this thing is heading to. Legislooter!

lalasticlala and Seun, informative threads like this should be on the Frontpage