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    "id": 19516,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 197,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
        "slug": "joshua-ojode"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the commission of inquiry into post election violence, in its report, observed that whether justified or not, there is a perception in the community that investigations by the police of complaints against the police are neither independent nor appropriate. Therefore, there is need for police oversight by an independent body outside the police, with legislative power and authority to investigate complaints against the police and police conduct. The commission, therefore, recommended the establishment of a well researched legally based professional and independent police conduct authority for this particular purpose. As Members of this House will recall, my Ministry through a gazette notice No.8144 of 4th September, 2008 established a Police Oversight Board as an administrative intervention to address such concerns. However, the operationalization of the board was undermined by lack of a legislative framework on which to anchor this important oversight organ. The National Task Force on Police Reforms, during its provincial public hearings and consultations with other stakeholders, received petitions on the need to establish an institution to oversee the police and to independently investigate complaints by members of the public against the police."
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