Senate investigates ICPC’s compliance with federal character
Members of the Senate have investigated the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to find out the compliant level of the anti-graft agency with the Federal Character Commission regarding its workforce. This is just as the anti-graft agency revealed that the number of its personnel has jumped in recent time to 1,163 […]
Members of the Senate have investigated the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to find out the compliant level of the anti-graft agency with the Federal Character Commission regarding its workforce.
This is just as the anti-graft agency revealed that the number of its personnel has jumped in recent time to 1,163 with the North Central and North West region of the country taking the highest slots.
The Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Aliyu, stated this in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to present the Commission’s staff profile and deployment statistics.
Aliyu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, disclosed at the red chamber, according to a statement by the spokesman of the agency, Demola Bakare, that the Commission currently has 1,163 staff members.
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He explained that the job employment in the agency was fairly distributed across the six geopolitical zones of the country with the North Central and North West taking 19% each while North East took 16%; South South – 16%, South West – 16%, and South East – 14%.
The ICPC boss further revealed that the Commission has ten directors overseeing its various departments, with nine substantive directors and one in acting capacity, saying they were also equitably distributed across the six zones.
“The Commission, as Nigeria’s leading anti-graft agency, is proud to be practicing what it preaches. We are fully committed to upholding all extant rules and regulations, including the Federal Character Balancing Index,” Aliyu said.
He added that the Commission’s dedication to promoting equity and inclusiveness would continue, adding that these values are central to the agency’s mandate of fostering integrity and good governance in Nigeria.
On his part, the Chairman of the committee, Sen. Allwell Onyesoh, lamented that several MDAs deliberately avoid appearing before the Committee, largely due to a lack of transparency and poor compliance with federal character requirements.
He also noted that many of those who have appeared before the Committee have failed to meet basic expectations.
“Whenever we encounter challenges with any MDA regarding compliance with federal character principles, we will direct them to you (ICPC), so they can learn from your example,” the lawmaker was quoted to have said.