Amendment Of CCB, CCT Act: Nigerians Are Saying No, Bishop Tells Senate

Bishop Francis Wale-Oke, president, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, has called on the Senate to stop the controversial amendment of the acts governing the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Wale-Oke made the call at a news conference in Ibadan, Oyo State, Monday.
The cleric described the proposed amendments as “self-serving and ill-timed and not in the interest of the nation.”
“Amending the Act will amount to further tying down? the nation’s progress and effeminate the fight against corruption as being championed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“As a representative of the church, I am calling on the Senate to drop the move to amend the Act; the move is suspicious, ill-timed and self-serving,” he said.
The cleric’s remarks come on the heels of the onging trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki, who is at the CCT for alleged false declaration of assets while he was governor of Kwara State.
He said: “Our expectation with this new administration was that the three arms of government would work hand-in-hand for the progress of this nation.
“However, this latest move by the Senate makes it to look like the legislative arm is trying to institutionalise and shield corruption.
“It is as if the legislature is working against the change mantra of the executive; as seen in the scriptures that righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach.
“Thus, so long as we continue to shield corruption, we will be working against our future,” he said.
“Should the senate fail to heed the advice, it will not succeed because God is not delighted in unrighteousness.
“The church is saying no; Nigerians are saying no.
“God will step in and He will overturn their plan because He will not allow anybody to keep Nigeria down.”