ICPC commences monitoring of over N10 billion constituency tasks in Osun 

The Impartial Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC) has launched the monitoring of over N10.47 billion constituency tasks executed by federal lawmakers in Osun State.

This initiative goals to advertise transparency and accountability in public challenge implementation.

The top of the ICPC group, Mrs. Mary Oke, made this announcement on Saturday throughout the inspection of constituency tasks in Osogbo, Ilobu, Kuta, and Ede.

She said that the monitoring varieties a part of the fee’s mandate to make sure the considered use of public assets for delivering high quality infrastructure and companies to residents.

“Now we have commenced part seven of the constituency and government tasks monitoring train in Osun. ICPC shall be monitoring tasks valued at N10,470,872,906.60 in Osun State. 

“The monitoring is to make sure that government-funded tasks present worth for cash and are executed in response to specs,” she stated. 

The train will assess the standing of assorted government-funded tasks, making certain they’re executed in response to specs and ship worth for cash.

Collaboration with stakeholders 

Oke emphasised the significance of collaboration with neighborhood leaders and civil society organizations within the monitoring train. She stated that stakeholders can assist this initiative by offering the fee with helpful data to help in reaching its goals.

The group chief known as on related stakeholders, together with neighborhood leaders and civil society organisations, to assist the train.

“They will do that by offering the fee with related data that may help in reaching its set goals,” she stated. 

What you need to know 

The Impartial Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC) has intensified its efforts to make sure transparency and accountability via two main initiatives.

• The fee launched the seventh part of its Constituency and Government Undertaking Monitoring Train, specializing in 1,500 tasks valued at N610 billion nationwide. The initiative started on Monday, November 18, 2024, and spans 22 states throughout Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.
• The ICPC recalled that it tracked a complete of 1,900 tasks valued at N500 billion throughout Part 6 of the train, which lined 24 states throughout the nation’s six geopolitical zones.
• Moreover, the ICPC inaugurated a 12-member Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) on the Federal Inland Income Service (FIRS) to implement a zero-tolerance coverage in the direction of corruption and unethical practices throughout the income company.
• ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, represented by Mr. Olusegun Adigun, Director of System Research and Evaluation, outlined the unit’s mandate, which incorporates sensitizing employees on corruption, analyzing methods susceptible to malpractice, creating and implementing moral codes, monitoring price range implementation, and initiating preliminary investigations into complaints.