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Reasons We Cannot Investigate Obasanjo’s $16 Billion Power Project – SAN by Wejustok2: 10:15am On Jun 18, 2018
Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has said his committee cannot investigate the failed $16 billion National Integrated Power Project carried out during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration.

Buhari had sometime in May hinted on probing Obasanjo over the failed $16 billion power project. Obasanjo, while reacting, said that he was ready for probe over the power project.

However, Sagay speaking to Independent said his committee had not looked into the project because it did not have the mandate to do so. He said investigation and prosecution were the responsibilities of anti-corruption agencies.

He said: “When the time comes, we will meet with Buhari on the power project. It is an issue that we were not seriously thinking about in my committee.

“As I said, the anti-corruption agencies are the ones who have all the facts and figures. “So, we will meet them and give them the initiatives, but if this thing becomes a political issue, it may be necessary to dig in, get the facts and take the appropriate action.

“If anybody wants to make capital of politics by running down the government which is the most upright government we have had since Murtala Mohammed government then, this government may have to show that it is a government of principle and a government that has a will to suppress corruption, and those who challenge it will face the music.

“It is not that we don’t want to look into the issue of the $16 billion power project because of the former president but the truth is that my committee doesn’t have that power.

“We don’t do investigation or prosecution. Our work is mainly that of a think-tank. In other words, we do activities to give the anti-corruption agencies greater capacity to make them more effective.

“We make proposals to the government to help the fight against corruption. For example, we have been engaged in training of judges and prosecutors both at the federal and state levels.

“We have been engaged in preparing manuals for prosecutors to use, preparing sentencing guidelines for judges to use.

“We also draft the bill on proceeds of crime which will give the agencies power to seize assets that they suspect have been acquired by crime or illegitimately, putting anyone claiming it under the obligation of establishing how he got it.

“We have a draft of that; it is with the National Assembly. We have a special crimes court which would have done more effectively what the Chief Justice has done by saying that certain courts should be set aside for crimes, particularly corruption.

“Of course, we also write regular advice to the president over issues that we think are pertinent towards the fight against corruption,” he said.

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Re: Reasons We Cannot Investigate Obasanjo’s $16 Billion Power Project – SAN by GMBuhari: 10:20am On Jun 18, 2018
Now they don't have hand ??

So indirectly Sagay is calling on EFCC, ICPC to do the investigation
Re: Reasons We Cannot Investigate Obasanjo’s $16 Billion Power Project – SAN by freeze001(f): 10:29am On Jun 18, 2018
“If anybody wants to make capital of politics by running down the government which is the most upright government we have had since Murtala Mohammed government then, this government may have to show that it is a government of principle and a government that has a will to suppress corruption, and those who challenge it will face the music.

Does he mean Buhari’s military regime was a corrupt and dirty one? They like to make it look like he was the best there was at the time and that's why he was overthrown. After all d lies...
Re: Reasons We Cannot Investigate Obasanjo’s $16 Billion Power Project – SAN by JONNYSPUTE(m): 10:30am On Jun 18, 2018
And what are they waiting for or are you indirectly telling us that Baba has not giving order to do so? Forget it sir,we know what's going on.
Re: Reasons We Cannot Investigate Obasanjo’s $16 Billion Power Project – SAN by Robbin7(m): 10:58am On Jun 18, 2018
We don’t need all this, give us policies that work abeg
Re: Reasons We Cannot Investigate Obasanjo’s $16 Billion Power Project – SAN by kingsman66(m): 11:30am On Jun 18, 2018
buhari government they uninterpreted policies that you can ever imagine

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