The Coalition Of Civil Society Groups Against Corrupt Practices
has called on the Federal government to widen the scope of its probe to the
National Oil Spill Detection and Regulatory Agency NOSDRA.
The group in a statement made available to media men in Abuja
said the probe of the Agency is imperative considering that the agency has not
done anything to justify its existence. The statement which was signed by the
Leader of the Coalition Mr. Olayinka Bode said Nigeria must ensure accountability
in every government establishment stressing that whenever an agency of
government cannot justify its existence the best thing for the government is to
put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure its effectiveness and efficiency.
The group wondered why the former administration which set up
the Orasanya committee failed to heed to the recommendation of the committee to
merge the agency with the Department of Petroleum Resources just because the
Director General is the right hand man of the former President.
The Coalition said it will soon present documents to substantiate
the sleaze at the agency which has not impacted on the environmental degradation
that has affected the Niger Delta region despite the money budgeted for its
activities. It said the President will do Nigerians great good especially those
interested in a better environment by probing the activities of the management
of the agency in order to clarify Nigerians as to its usefulness.
The Coalition of Civil Groups Against Corrupt Practices
specifically asked the anti-corruption agencies to investigate the purchase of
the anti-spill detection vessel by the agency which they say was done in the
most nontransparent manner. “The acquisition of the spill detection vessel by
the agency was done in a manner that smacks of corrupt practices and we will
soon make our findings known to the appropriate government agency so as to
effect action” the statement added.
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