ICPC Recovers N271bn In North-West, North-East Within 2 Years

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that it recovered abour N271.054 cardinal from the North-West and North-East retired of 1,440 projects tracked betwixt May 2022 and July 2025.

The Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu made the revelation connected Wednesday successful Kano astatine a one-day media store for journalists successful the 2 geopolitical zones.

“A full of 1,440 projects were tracked, valued astatine astir N271.054 billion. Of these, 767 projects valued astatine N112.737 cardinal were successful the North-East, and 673 projects valued astatine N158.317 cardinal were successful the North-West” helium stated.

More so, helium besides revealed that currency recoveries totalling N7.269 cardinal was made successful the North-West and N43.335 cardinal successful the North-East and an further $1.06 cardinal recovered from North-West.

Speaking astir assets, the president besides revealed that 14 buildings, 25 plots of land, and 3 farmlands person besides been recovered by the ICPC wrong the period.

However, the ICPC Chairman explained that lone 4 convictions were recorded by the Commission successful the North-West and nary from the North-East from a full of 171 cases investigated successful the 2 regions.

He said lone 15 cases were filed earlier the court, with 9 from the North-West and six others from the North-East.

While calling connected the National assembly to expedite the transition of the Whistleblower Bill to empower the citizens to combat corruption, the ICPC brag besides appealed to the media to enactment the Commission done investigative journalism.

“I entreaty to the media to enactment our efforts done investigative journalism, holding leaders accountable with facts, and avoiding sensationalism that could undermine spot successful our corporate fight,” helium appealed.

He further quoted the NBS/UNODC’s corruption figures successful Nigeria, noting the 5 astir captious problems affecting the state arsenic precocious outgo of living, crime/insecurity, unemployment, corruption and healthcare.

“The archetypal 3 are large drivers of corruption, portion healthcare suffers a effect of it. In different words, corruption is not conscionable different problem, it is the thread that worsens the others, and the astir unsafe situation we indispensable frontally code arsenic a nation,” helium further said.

He added that the figures of the UNODC survey reveals that North-West records the highest bribe refusal complaint successful the state astatine 76 percent, with North-East signaling 60 percent.

“This shows that mean radical are consenting to basal their grounds against corruption. We astatine the ICPC salute this steadfastness,” he declared.