There are indications that the Senate may amend the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act following the second reading of the bill on Tuesday. The bill was presented in April 2016 by Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta North. The House of Representatives had in May 2016 considered and passed some amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, and Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Act. During the plenary in the Senate yesterday, the bill was listed for concurrence in the order paper and it was referred to Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. The amendment of the Act, as passed by the House read: “In section 4 (2) of the amended Act, the National Assembly will now be responsible for appointing members of staff of the bureau and exercise control over them, and not the President. In the amended version, section 3 of the Act now has a paragraph which stipulates: “Upon complaints of any breach or where it appears to the bureau that there is a breach of the provision of this Act, the person concerned shall be given particulars of such non-compliance or breaches to explain before any reference to the tribunal.”
Senate may amend Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act
