The Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Billwhich was presented to the National Assembly by Mr. President as an Executive Bill in 202056, seeks to ensure the recovery and proper management of funds and assets reasonably suspected to be the proceeds of economic crimes or other forms of corrupt practices. Since the Bill also seeks to establish an Agency to be known as the Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency, in view of the existence of other Anti-corruption agencies,there is need to justifythe existence of such an agency, in order to avoid duplication of roles. This Bill also seeks to domesticate the provisions of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, 2003, an International treaty which Nigeria ratified on 24th December200457. The author must agree therefore, that it ought to apply the tried-and-tested method of legislative drafting, namely: incorporation of the Treaty as a schedule to the Bill, so that no relevant part of the Treaty is missing for the purpose of its implementation within the territory of Nigeria.
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