Saudi Arabia: Nazaha back in the news


Issue 960 - 12 Dec 2013 | 2 minute read

The head of Saudi Arabia’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha – integrity) Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Sharif has said he will quit his job if the agency does not perform. “I will be the first to quit this position if Nazaha becomes a bureaucratic agency or if I feel that it is not working properly,” he said in comments published on 9 December by English-language Arab News. Al-Sharif, who is a former member of the Majlis Al-Shura, was appointed to the commission in 2011. Nazaha’s profile has gradually been rising (GSN 932/11), and in November it said it had reported some ministers to King Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz, for non-co-operation.

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