The Senate yesterday said it is set to launch its independent transparency and delivery commission that will review and improve the oversight system of the Senate in line with its legislative agenda.
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who announced the Senate’s intention yesterday, said the commission would be led by a working group consisting of a world leading research institution and a partner institute in Nigeria, adding that it will be advised by an internationally acclaimed anti-corruption expert.
A press statement by Saraki’s media adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said the independent commission would work closely with the Senate and the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes to draw up a robust oversight scheme as well as strengthen the internal structuring and capacity of the National Assembly to fulfil its role as an anti-corruption institution.
“The commission’s work will be two-fold. Initially it will concentrate on analysing the processes and tools by which the Senate and the National Assembly in general can, using its legislative remit, assist the anti-corruption agenda of President Buhari and, more specifically, strengthen the institutions through legislative reforms.
“The following medium-term goal is to then deliver recommendations for better ways of working within the Senate and to ensure that it meets the highest global standards, including the newly announced Commonwealth Secretariat anti-corruption ‘kitemark’ system,” it said.
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