Reps Advance Bill to Grant EFCC Greater Independence from Executive Control.

A bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Establishment Act, 2004, to confer institutional independence on the anti-corruption agency has scaled second reading at the House of Representatives.

This followed the consideration of a bill sponsored by Plateau State lawmaker Yusuf Gagdi during plenary.

Among other provisions, the bill seeks to insulate the EFCC from political control and align its operations with global anti-corruption best practices.

One of the proposed amendments seeks to curtail the President’s power to remove the EFCC Chairman, which, under the current law, can be done at the President’s sole discretion.