DECLARE STATE EMERGENCY ON CORRUPTION--Ken Nnamani

Ken Nnamani
Ken Nnamani has called on President
Goodluck Jonathan to declare a state of
emergency on corruption, if that will
address the menace.
The former Senate President also said if
corruption, which is one of Nigeria’s major
problems must be nipped in the bud,
especially as it affected award of contracts,
attention must be paid to Public Private
Partnership, PPP.
Speaking when he appeared before the
Senator Ayogu Eze-led Senate Committee
on Works, Senator Nnamani noted that $8
trillion was currently what the private
sector in the world was controlling, adding
that it was only the private sector that
ccould control corruption.
According to him, it is not business as
usual in the private sector, as private
investors monitor their businesses.
He added that First Bank Plc, a private
sector driven organisation, had a balance
sheet that was more than the nation’s
budget.
Nnamani was at the Senate with other
designated members of the governing
board of the Infrastructure Concession and
Regulatory Commission, ICRC. The former
Senate President is the chairman of the
board of ICRC.
The former Senate President, who told the
senators that he was coming to the
National Assembly for the first time since
2007, was, however, not asked any
question by the senators, in line with the
National Assembly’s procedures of asking
former lawmakers to simply take a bow
and go.
Earlier, Chairman of the Committee,
Senator Ayogu Eze, PDP, Enugu, said it was
not the intention of the Senate to allow
Nnamani stay for more than two minutes,
adding that the Senate was contemplating
whether to invite him and take a bow.
He added that Nnamani was not
summoned, but expected to have a
handshake with the senators and take a
bow.
Other members of the Board are Barrister
Aminu Dikko; Mrs Comfort Ken Saro Wiwa;
Engr. Janet Febisola Adeyemi; Mrs Yabawa
Wabi; Musa Elayo and Barrister A.U. Kanu.
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