Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission If it gets concurrent approval of the House of Representatives and the assent of Nigeria's president, it may cripple the prime anti-corruption agency's capacity to fight corruption, a review of the proposed legislation has revealed.
For instance, Section 7 of the Principal Act gives the power to issue administrative orders to the chairman, but the amendment seeks to provide the power of administrative order to the board. It also means that, even when the commission's chairman is fully involved, he has to subject some expedient administrative functions to the bureaucratic decision of the board.Furthermore, the bill seeks to amend section 70 of the existing Act by transferring the power to make rules from the chairman to the Commission.
He added that his organisation and several other civil service organisations recommended improving the commission, but not by giving operational control to political appointees, whose influence may be tainted by political considerations.