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Lower house passes anti-corruption bill

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    Nigeria's House of Representatives has passed President Olusegun
    Obasanjo's anti-corruption bill aimed at ending years of graft in Africa's most populous nation.

    The bill, approved on Friday after six months before the House, sets a penalty of seven years imprisonment for officials found guilty of corruption.

    The bill will be backed by a new commission with powers of investigation. However, it can only become law when it passes the Senate, where it was stalled on Tuesday by a request for Obasanjo to explain how much it would cost to implement.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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