Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has urged the National Assembly to strengthen its legislative oversight on defence in order to restore integrity, reduce leakages and promote accountability in the defence and security sector.
The organisation however, applauded the increasing oversight activities by various committees in the legislature on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
Mr Auwal Musa-Rafsanjani, the Executive Director of CISLAC, made the call in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that strengthening of the oversight on the defence sector was a panacea for economic stability and growth.
He said through effective oversight functions that reconciliation of defence budget with specific attention to the performance and constructive audit would be achievable.
He also said that the performance of various military operations with specific interest in prompt closure of outdated or expired operations across the country would be easily detected with an effective oversight.
“NASS should strengthen its legislative oversight on defence in order to restore integrity, reduce leakages and promote accountability in the defence and security sector.
“It should also intensify oversight to block financial leakages in government; this would charge its relevant committees to exhaustively investigate the reported cases of bribery and corruption in the defense sector,” he said.
