Smart Adeyemi, senator representing Kogi west, says he will
sponsor bills for the enactment of the Mosaic law as a measure to curb
corruption in the country.
Speaking at a retreat for the senate press corps in Lokoja,
Kogi state, on Saturday, Adeyemi said public officers will not steal if their
hands are cut off.
The Mosaic law is ascribed to Moses in the old testament of
the Bible. He wrote the 12 testaments which guided Israel at the time.
The senator said the law will deter people from stealing.
“Like I said on the
floor of the senate; if we want this country to be great, we must look at some
acts of parliament; moreso the ones that have to do with anti-graft agencies. I
want my children to be happier than I am in Nigeria, and to do that there must
be enough money to meet the needs and aspirations of the people,” he said.
“What am I talking about? Let us confront corruption. Very
soon I’m coming back to the chamber to bring bills on ICPC and EFCC. I want us
to introduce Mosaic law, what you call Sharia law. By the time you cut the
hands of 10, 20 people in this country, nobody will want to steal again.
“By the time you say two, three people should face serious
punishment; if you say that is too harsh let us have mechanised agriculture of
about 200, 250 acres, once you are involved in corruption, you will spend your
life farming for us.”
‘YAHAYA BELLO’S EMERGENCE IS DIVINE’
While describing the emergence of Yahaya Bello, Kogi
governor, as “divine”, Smart said he was reelected because he was able to bring
everyone together in his first term.
“There are things within a state that determines who wins
the election. Let me just give you one of the secrets why the governor won this
election,” he said.
“When he came into office, he brought everyone together. He
won again because he was able to put in some landmark achievements that others
could not do. In my senatorial district, we have a rice mill; it is one of the
biggest that you can think of.
“What is affecting the commencement of the rice mill, where
2,000 people will be employed, is that the federal road to that place is bad,
but this governor went to my area and put a rice mill that will employ about
2,000 people.”
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