$2m bribe-for-BASA fund approval raises fresh concerns over NASS

The string of scandals which has continued to hit the National Assembly since inception in 1999 is raising questions about the oversight functions of the lawmakers. The scandals include those involving Farouk Lawan, the embattled Nigerian lawmaker who led an investigation into the fraud-ridden fuel subsidy programme, only to fall prey to charges of demanding and accepting bribes from targets of his probe, with Femi Otedola, chairman, Zenon Oil and Gas, alleging that Lawan demanded a $3 million bribe from him.
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