The Ondo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, said the leadership of the state House of Assembly has perfected plans to hurriedly pass into law, the state Anti-corruption Bill forwarded to the assembly on December 23, 2021.
This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s publicity secretary, Kennedy Peretei, who said the party supported the moves to stamp out corruption in the state, but frowned over the speedy process of the bill.
According to party, there was no need for the hasty process of the bill if the intentions are genuine and transparently honest, pointing out that the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and his family are irredeemably soaked in the sea of corruption.
Peretei, however, said the anti-corruption bill set to be passed by the State Assembly was designed to protect the governor and his family from being investigated.
“The PDP in Ondo State chapter is in full support of institutional framework to stamp out corruption in the state, if only the intentions are genuine and transparently honest.
“The powers given to the Attorney General of the state to regulate the operations of the commission, if the bill is passed, all point to a subtle legal cover to do more unthinkable damage to the treasury of the state,” it said.
Reacting, Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said the opposition party lacks understanding about the bill and needed to be enlightened, saying the bill ought to have been passed over a year ago
Ojogo said, “The party’s latest attack on the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu-led administration has exposed its ignorance.
“Specifically, the PDP’s claim that an anti-corruption bill is set to be passed by the state assembly to allegedly protect the governor and his family from wrongdoings is not only preposterous but laughable.
“It exposes the level of seriousness of a supposed opposition bereft of ideas, unwilling to obtain facts and self-cabined against information.”
Ojogo explained that “the Bill for a law to establish the Ondo State Public Complaints, Financial Crime and Anti-corruption Commission and others connected thereto 2021 was deliberated upon at the level of the State Executive Council, but was stepped down for wider consultations.
He added: “At the moment, the memo has not received any Exco approval, and has, therefore, not been sent to the State House of Assembly. All the same, it is one bill that shall be pursued to a logical conclusion.
“For the records, the Anti-Corruption Bill, when put in place, will serve the purpose of the state, rather than the warped imagination of the grossly deficient opposition.”
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