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ICPC begins tracking of N500bn constituency projects
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it will on Monday begin its 6th phase of tracking 1,932 constituency projects valued at N500 billion across the country.
Azuka Ogugua, the spokesperson of the commission, who revealed this in Abuja on Thursday, explained that the objective of the exercise was to ensure improved service delivery to the people across nooks and crannies of the country.
She listed focal states for the exercise as Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Niger, Kwara, Plateau, Adamawa, Borno, and Bauchi.
Others are Taraba, Gombe, Yobe, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Lagos and Ondo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory.
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“The commission will also be focusing on special intervention agencies/captive fund 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), among 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 organisations,” Ogugua said.
