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Bill to curb fraud, corruption scales first reading in House of Reps
By Vincent IKuomola, Abuja
The Bill for chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Examiners of NIgeria has scaled the first reading in the House of Representatives .
The bill is sponsored by Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakub, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The bill when passed into law will help boost the fight against corruption in the country, the Society For Forensic Accounting and Fraud Prevention (SFAFP), he said.
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The bill, the President and Chairman of Council, Society for Forensic Accounting and Fraud Prevention (SFAFP), Iliaysu Gashinbaki said will help fill the void in fighting and detecting fraud and other form of corruption in both private and public sector.
Gashinbaki said the bill when passed into law will reduce fraud, embezzlement, economic crimes, financial crimes and corruption significantly in both public and private sectors of the economy.
He said the bill shall ensure maximum institutional strengthening and capacity building of professional practitioners among others.
