Nigeria: Senate's Probes And Democracy

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As part of its constitutional responsibilities, the upper chambers of the National Assembly has embarked on series of probes aimed at bringing to the fore misapplication of public funds that was the hallmark of the Obasanjo administration. In this piece ANDREW OOTA highlights the areas the probes will focus on and how the committee intends to reach its conclusions.

Since its inauguration June 5th 2007, through a proclamation by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the National Assembly has channeled its energy on probing the activities of the immediate past administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo which ran through eight years beginning from May 29th 1999 to May 29th 2007.

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