Nigeria’s Anti-graft Agency the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, says, is it poised to begin Phase 6 of the tracking of the constituency and executive projects which began in 2019.
The commission in a press statement by its spokesperson Mrs. Azuka Ogugua said the 6th phase will have teams tracking 1,932 projects valued at N500b.
She explained that the focal states for the exercise include; Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Niger, Kwara, Plateau, Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi, Taraba, Gombe, Yobe, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Lagos, Ondo States and the FCT.
Ogugua said; “the objectives of the exercise include improved service delivery to the people by investigating fraudulent procurement practices in the award of public contracts, full execution of all publicly funded projects, execution to specification of all projects funded by the government, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and ensuring that government gets value for monies spent on projects.
She said; “The Commission will also be focusing on special intervention agencies/ captive funds projects handling and execution of North-East Development Commission, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Niger Delta Development Commission, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ecological Fund Office, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), and Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) amongst others.
“As usual, the exercise will be carried out by ICPC in collaboration with relevant stakeholders such as the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), the media, and civil society organizations.”
Mrs Ogugua noted that, the 6th phase, which will commence on the 16th of October 2023 the 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria is coming on the heels of the massive success of the 5th phase which took place in November 2022.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
