EACC Clarifies Its Role in Vetting CS Nominees After Oparanya Viral Scandal

EACC Clarifies Its Role in Vetting CS Nominees After Oparanya Viral Scandal

EACC Clarifies Its Role in Vetting CS Nominees After Oparanya Viral Scandal: The Commission has noted a false narrative being bandied around by a section of leaders that it “refused to clear Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya for appointment as Cabinet Secretary.” This is not the true position.

The Statement Read;

The Commission clarifies that in its role in the integrity vetting of candidates for public office under the current law, the Commission cannot clear or bar anyone from holding any office in the land. What the Commission does is to provide facts on record regarding the integrity status of each candidate as at the material date, without passing any judgment.

The Commission did this for ALL the CS nominees upon the request of Parliament. It is now up to the Parliamentary Vetting Committee to decide what to do with that information. For more clarity, there is nowhere in our letter to the National Assembly where the Commission recommended that anybody should or should not be cleared or appointed.

The said letter is part of Parliamentary records and anyone can get a copy and read for themselves.

Relatedly, the Commission’s communication with the DPP on his change of mind on the prosecution of Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya is a completely different and broader issue and in response to his letter to the Commission on the same.

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