| EFCC, ICPC have failed—Bankole
EFCC, ICPC have failed—Bankole
01 April, 2010 02:09:00 Our Reporter
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole yesterday said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had failed to carry out their responsibilities effectively, in spite of several recommendations from the National Assembly.

Bankole also stated that trillions of naira in non-remitted Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from the federal ministries and parastatals end up in private pockets annually.

He expressed concern that some of the findings of the House of Representatives through its oversight function, bordering on corruption were not being properly handled by the EFCC and allied bodies.

He spoke in Ibadan, Oyo State capital while delivering a keynote address at the official inauguration of the Board of Trustees and Governing Council of the Yoruba Academy, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) founded by Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) and some Yoruba leaders of thought.

While condemning the noticeable high profile corruption in Nigeria, he said between N800billion to N1trillion Internally Generated Revenue were being collected annually "but not remitted to the Treasury."

"No arrest was also made on many of such revelations despite the House of Representatives recommendations," he said, stressing that corruption in the country was not a national problem alone but also a visible phenomenon at the states and local government levels because Nigeria is a country where people do not want to be asked questions.

Bankole said the House of Representatives findings following its oversight functions at the Nigeria Ports Authority [NPA] sometime ago showed that the parastatal only remitted into the treasury a paltry sum of N11billion out of N548billion it generated, while it took the anti-graft agencies a long time to respond to the House reports on the development. "Who else are the EFCC and ICPC looking for?" he queried.

He challenged the Yoruba race to strive towards achieving her lost glory which, he said, had been terribly eroded in the last 10 years in the comity of states in Nigeria.

He said it was no longer a secret that the Yoruba, which over the years played prominent role in the scheme of things in Nigeria, has already been relegated to the background. He implored the newly established Yoruba Academy to strive to correct the situation in order to give hope to the coming generations.

He noted the poor performance of Nigerian students in public examinations including the recently released Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by National Examination Council [NECO] saying that the South West, which used to treasure education like industry has already been caught by the bug.

‘’South-West should be the bastion of education, but something has gone wrong in the last 10 years and somebody not properly educated would lack culture,’’ he said.

Hon. commended the motivator of the academy, for its commitment to the renaissance of Yoruba culture, language, ethics and other attributes that in the past distinguished the race from others.


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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole yesterday said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had failed to carry out their responsibilities effectively, in spite of several recommendations from the National Assembly.

Bankole also stated that trillions of naira in non-remitted Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from the federal ministries and parastatals end up in private pockets annually.

He expressed concern that some of the findings of the House of Representatives through its oversight function, bordering on corruption were not being properly handled by the EFCC and allied bodies.

He spoke in Ibadan, Oyo State capital while delivering a keynote address at the official inauguration of the Board of Trustees and Governing Council of the Yoruba Academy, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) founded by Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) and some Yoruba leaders of thought.

While condemning the noticeable high profile corruption in Nigeria, he said between N800billion to N1trillion Internally Generated Revenue were being collected annually "but not remitted to the Treasury."

"No arrest was also made on many of such revelations despite the House of Representatives recommendations," he said, stressing that corruption in the country was not a national problem alone but also a visible phenomenon at the states and local government levels because Nigeria is a country where people do not want to be asked questions.

wOW!! it seems speaking out about the all too obvious is what is in vogue now in Nigeria. Bankole is not SPEAKING OUT? He should get a hallo by the current standards.