Mohammed Shosanya
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),will next week commence Phase 6 of the tracking of constituency and executive projects which started in 2019.
The 6th phase, which will commence on the 16th of October 2023 across 24 states of the 6 geo-political zones of the nation, follows the massive success of the 5th phase which took place in November 2022.
The 6th phase will have teams tracking 1,932 projects valued at N500billion,Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, the Commission’s Spokesperson in a statement to newsman on Thursday.
She added:”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.
The objectives of the exercise, she said include “improved service delivery to the people by investigating fraudulent procurement practices in the award of public contracts; full execution of all public funded projects; execution to specification of all projects funded by government; ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and ensuring that government gets value for monies spent on projects.”
“The Commission will also be focusing on special intervention agencies and captive funds projects handling and execution of North-East Development Commission, Presidential Amnesty Program, 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 Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), the media and civil society organizations.”