Moves by the Senate to whittle down the powers of the President of the country on the removal of the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, got a boost, yesterday, as a bill to that effect scaled second reading.
After the bill seeking to amend the EFCC Act 2004 to guarantee security of tenure of its chairman passed second reading, it was accordingly referred to the Senator Suleiman Kwari- led Senate Committee on Anti – Corruption and Financial Crimes for more legislative inputs and report at plenary within four weeks.
The bill which also seeks to amend EFCC Establishment Act 2004 to subject termination of appointment of the Chairman to confirmation of the Senate was sponsored by the Minority Whip, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu North).
