Agencies Partner To Fight Corruption In Education Sector

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) person partnered to beforehand transparency and accountability successful Nigeria’s basal acquisition sector.

At the ICPC office successful Abuja yesterday, the ICPC chairman, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu reaffirmed the commission’s committedness to tackling graft successful the acquisition system.

Aliyu, portion welcoming the enforcement caput of UBEC, Dr Aisha Garba, and her absorption squad during a courtesy sojourn to the ICPC headquarters, emphasised the shared mandate of some institutions successful ensuring transparency, accountability, and bully governance successful the absorption of nationalist resources, peculiarly those dedicated to basal education.

He said the concern aims to guarantee businesslike utilization of funds allocated for acquisition development, benefiting Nigerian children. ICPC’s anti-corruption efforts, including preventive measures, education, and strategy reviews, volition enactment UBEC’s ngo to supply prime basal education.

According to the manager of Public Enlightenment and Education, Demola Bakare, “ICPC’s anti-corruption efforts, including preventive measures, education, and strategy reviews, volition enactment UBEC’s ngo to supply prime basal education.

“Key initiatives see the constitution of Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units (ACTUs) crossed UBEC’s offices and ICPC’s Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking Initiative (CEPTI) to show UBEC-funded projects.”

Also, Garba reaffirmed UBEC’s zero-tolerance stance connected corruption, highlighting achievements specified arsenic afloat compliance with the Public Procurement Act and a Code of Transparency for nationalist officers.

LEADERSHIP reports that the agencies program to make a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise and fortify their partnership, enhancing efforts to safeguard acquisition resources and beforehand integrity successful governance.

The sojourn concluded with a shared committedness to deepen collaboration betwixt the 2 institutions. Dr Aliyu projected a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fortify the partnership.