Senate amends ICPC Act, okays two-year jail term against false petitioners
The Senate has passed an amendment to the Act Establishing the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The amendment followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes during the plenary on Tuesday.
The committee is chaired by Suleiman Kwari (APC-Kaduna).
Key among the provisions is the amendment to section 25 of the act, which proposes two-year imprisonment with no option of fine on anyone whose petitions to the commission is found to be false or misleading
In the principal act, the offence of false petition attracts a fine of N100,000.
The amendment in section (25) (1) says, “Any person who makes or causes any other person to make to an officer of the commission any statement which to the knowledge of the person making the statement, or causing the statement to be made is false, or intended to mislead shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two (2) years.”
In his remarks, Senate President Ahmad Lawan commended the lawmakers for “the painstaking manner the report was considered.”
He added, “It is our hope that it will make ICPC better.”
(NAN)
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