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Committee on corruption to be set up

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    Nigeria's federal government is to set up a transparency monitoring
    committee to help enforce a new anti-corruption law in the country, PANA
    reported President Olusegun Obasanjo as saying at the weekend.

    He announced the formation of the committee, set up to monitor the
    activities of top officials in the executive arm of the government, at the
    opening of a two-day retreat for ministers and permanent secretaries in
    Abuja on Satrurday, the news agency reported. He added that the retreat
    would give the administration an opportunity to put forward strategies to aid the anti-corruption campaign and other issues.

    The anti-corruption bill was signed into law in mid-June.

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