Senate amends CCT act

The senate has amended the act establishing the Code of

Conduct Tribunal. At the plenary presided by Deputy Senate

President Ike Ekweremadu, the senators passed 14

amendments to the Act. According to The Cable, the senate

amended section 3 of the Act thus:

 
         “Upon complaint(s) of any breach or where it appears to

the bureau that there is a breach of the provision or this

Act, the person concerned shall be given particulars of

such non compliance or breaches to explain before any

reference to the tribunal.” This implies that the CCB

cannot immediately refer a matter to the CCT without

giving a public officer a notice; one of the contentions of

Saraki. Section 1 (4) which was expunged, and replaced

with “the chairman and members shall serve for a term

of five years subject to renewal for one further term

only”. Section 4 (2) was amended to substitute the word

“president” with “the national assembly” as the one to

confer powers on the bureau and the tribunal. The

senate fixed the age of entry to the bureau at 50, and

the number of members of the tribunal to sit in judgment

on a case at three.