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Bill For Whistle Blowing Passes Second Reading At Bauchi Assembly

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"zULnPC4j" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"arO5pG6J" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A Bill for a law to encourage and facilitate whistleblowing&comma; to regulate the receiving&comma; investigating and otherwise dealing with disclosures by whistle blowers&comma; and to protect whistle blowers from reprisals and other related matters has passed second reading in Bauchi State House of Assembly during its plenary on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Leading debate on the Bill&comma; the sponsor Speaker Rt&period; Abubakar Y Suleiman said that<br &sol;>&NewLine;the Bill when passed into law will complement Federal Government&&num;8217&semi;s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;whistle-blower” policy which encourages people with viable information on fraud&comma; bribery&comma; looted funds&comma; financial misconduct or any other form of corruption and willing and voluntarily ready to give information to do so&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;24&sol;sasa-killings-amalgamated-union-of-food-stuffcattle-dealers-writes-buhari-demand-members-right&sol;">Sasa Killings&colon; Amalgamated Union of food stuff&comma; cattle dealers writes Buhari&comma; demand members right<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"t5bx2Ps7" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Speaker explained that&colon; &&num;8220&semi;With all the efforts by the previous administrations&comma; the menace of corruption in the country persisted&comma; many of our national resources were looted&comma; money were siphoned hence the need for other policies to ensure the reduction if not total elimination of corruption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8221&semi; Hon&period; Colleagues&comma; it is beyond reasonable doubt that&comma; for every country to developmentally progresses&comma; that country must ensure good governance through the fight against corruption which its extent reach in the country is tragically stupendous&period; It is pertinent to note that the government of Nigeria had noticed the effect of this menace and equally postulated that no meaningful development could be achieved in a corruption environment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; with the introduction of TSA&comma; Consolidated Revenues Law&comma; Local Government Audit Bill and the desire of present administration in Bauchi State to fight against corruption&comma; the Legislative Arm should make a strenuous attempt to complement the effort of the government so that the State will progress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He therefore urged the Honourable Members to ensure the passage of the Bill in order to help the State get rid of the challenge of corruption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In their various contributions during the debate&comma; the Members opind that the bill is a good one but considering the critical and controversial nature of the policy&comma; there is the need of the Bill to be subjected to thorough and critical deliberations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement by the spokesperson of Bauchi Assembly Abdul Ahmad Burra said the House resolved to refer the Bill to the House Committee on Ethics&comma; 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