Anti-Graft Commission Wants Integrity, Accountability In Local Governance

Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, says corruption successful Nigeria goes beyond the enactment of stealing nationalist funds.
He described it arsenic “any deviation from the regularisation oregon owed process.”

Aliyu made the assertion successful Abuja successful a insubstantial titled, “Understanding Anti-Corruption Laws and Their Implications for Local Government Officials” astatine the 2025 National Summit of the Association of Chairmen of Local Government Service Commissions successful Nigeria.

The summit, themed “Strengthening Local Government Administration successful Nigeria,” was organised for stakeholders crossed Nigeria to sermon reforms to heighten governance and accountability astatine the grassroots level.

Represented by his peculiar adjunct connected Legal Matters, Zainab Nass, the ICPC president stated that corruption is not confined to the nationalist assemblage but exists successful each stratum of society, including schools, markets and backstage institutions.

The ICPC spokesperson, Demola Bakare, said that portion reflecting connected Nigeria’s conflict with corruption since independence, Dr Aliyu recalled respective past authorities initiatives, specified arsenic the Ethical Revolution, War Against Indiscipline and Corruption (WAIC), and Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER).

The ICPC brag said these campaigns failed to output sustainable results owed to a deficiency of ineligible backing and organization continuity.

According to him, the decisive turning constituent came with establishing the ICPC nether the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, which for the archetypal clip provided a broad ineligible model to investigate, prevent, and prosecute corruption.

Aliyu explained that the ICPC’s mandate is anchored connected 3 cardinal pillars of enforcement, prevention and nationalist education. The committee has been instrumental successful promoting transparency and integrity crossed nationalist institutions done initiatives specified arsenic Corruption Risk Assessments, Systems Studies and Reviews, and the constitution of Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units (ACTUs) successful Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).