Hon Chairperson, the PAC of Azania opposes the Protection of State Information Bill. In this era of wanton looting of state resources by some members of the ruling party, the Bill could only be seen as a veil to hide corrupt rulers from the media's inquisitive lenses.
In one of his moving poems, which he wrote in prison, Wole Soyinka warned against punishing evil seers instead of punishing evil doers. This Bill seeks the powers to punish those who see evil acts while protecting those who do the evil deeds. It smacks of dictatorship in the making. Thank you.