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Anti-corruption bill before the Senate

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    Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has presented an anti-corruption bill to the Senate proposing a seven-year prison term for offenders, news reports said on Wednesday. If it is passed into law, any public official who asks for or receives property or favours, or is found to have indulged in other forms of corruption will be guilty of a felony. Obasanjo presented the bill last week, AFP reported. Quoting 'This Day', a Nigerian newspaper, AFP said the bill also proposes a 13-member anti-corruption commission which will investigate complaints and prosecute offenders. That commission would be empowered to seize the assets of any offender, AFP added.

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