Senate pledges to expose corruption, poor governance

Senate has pledged to expose corruption and ensure good governance in the country.

Speaking at the beginning of the second session of the Seventh Senate on Wednesday, the President of the Senate, David Mark, promised that the upper chamber would commit itself to its primary role of making laws that would improve the living conditions of Nigerians.

He said, “This Senate will continue to work to expose corruption and poor administration in all areas of our national life. This is our constitutional duty. We must not allow ourselves to be cajoled into slumber or succumb to blackmail in the discharge of our duties. We will do all we can to uphold transparency and integrity in governance.

“In this regard, all pending investigations should be speedily concluded without compromising thoroughness and detail. We will however continue to bring all requisite legislative pressure to bear on the right quarters to do the right things with our reports.”

Mark also told senators to brace for executing their oversight functions in the same manner the budget was passed in the bid to ensure infrastructural transformation of the country.

Mark also said Senate would improve on its achievements made in the electoral reforms articulated by the Sixth National Assembly, vowing that loopholes in the current electoral laws would be plugged by further review of the laws.

Souce