MURIC Backs EFCC Chair, Tells NASS To Pass Unexplained Wealth Bill

Following the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC), the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the National Assembly to pass the unexplained wealth bill before it without further delay.

MURIC’s Founder/Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola in a statement on Saturday, argued that the bill was capable of exposing corruption in public and private places, thereby eradicating profligacy or reducing it to its barest minimum, if the bill becomes law.

“The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, recently called on the National Assembly (NASS) to pass the unexplained wealth bill into law.

“This is not only a call in the right direction, but also a call to action. So many kleptomaniacs, ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ boys, kidnappers, armed robbers etc escape detection due to the absence of this particular law.

“The bill will make probity and accountability mandatory with little effort on the part of the law enforcement agencies. The existing corruption laws are so weak that it is unable to compel accountability,” Akintola said.

He therefore appealed to the National Assembly to “rescue the nation from the abyss of moral debauchery by hearkening to the call of the EFCC chairman to pass the unexplained wealth bill into law.”