Senator Urges Tinubu To Sign Executive Order On Unexplained Wealth
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to sign an executive order to tackle unexplained wealth among politicians and civil servants in the country.
The lawmaker representing Borno South under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ali Ndume, and the call in reaction to a comment by retired Supreme Court Justice Musa Muhammad Dattijo.
Justice Dattijo had during a valedictory session held in his honour, spoke on the level of corruption in the country’s judiciary.
According to Ndume, the level of unexplained wealth in the country especially among politicians and civil servants requires some laws to combat.
The lawmaker who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics said he attempted to introduce some bills regarding the unexplained wealth of some Nigerians, noting that there are laws in the UK and other parts of the world to tackle such issues.
He said, “I have tried several times but you know, there were excuses here and there.
“I think the best way to get this across is when the bill comes from the executive or in the interim, the current president should sign an executive bill on unexplained wealth.
“I know of civil servants that live in houses that not only their income, their salaries, or their life pension – assuming they would live in this world for 90 years or 100 years – cannot buy.
“The same thing with some of our politicians especially the politically exposed persons like ministers, you find as you rightly said, some of them come to the National Assembly, and suddenly (there is so much money).”
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