– The Chairman of the ICPC, Ekpo Nta says
the agency will soon publish a list of the
most corrupt ministries, departments and
agencies
– Nta disclosed that ICPC is trying to
develop a scorecard like Transparency
International which rates countries as to the
level of corruption of countries
– Says the anti-corruption agency is also
investigating university lecturers who abuse
their office by demanding sex from female
students in return for good grades
There is anxiety among civil servants who
live beyond their means following moves by
the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to
beam its searchlights on wealthy civil
servants.
This is in addition to plans by the agency to
publish a list of the most corrupt ministries,
departments and agencies.
The Chairman of the ICPC, Ekpo Nta,
disclosed on Friday, April 15 that the agency
recently seized 61 houses from one female
public servant, The Punch reports.
“From one of the employees of one of the
organisations, we seized about 61 or 62
houses in an estate. The matter is in court so
I can’t say too much but I want to say that the
officer was not a man. We do prosecution but
also try to seize the assets acquired (through
corrupt means) so that apart from
prosecution, we can strip you of the assets
within and outside the country,” he said.
Addressing participants of the national
institute for policy and strategic studies at
the Abuja headquarters of the agency, Nta
said the agency was trying to figure out the
ministries departments and agencies which
were most corrupt.
“We are developing scorecard like
Transparency International which rates
countries as to the level of corruption of
countries. We have developed one for
ministries departments and agencies.
Hopefully, we know those who will take the
first prize.”
The ICPC boss said the agency was also
investigating university lecturers who abuse
their office by demanding sex from female
students in return for good grades.
Nta said, “We have special teams that
investigate universities here. Quite a number
of students that have spent more than the
statutory period, like young girls who have
spent eight years for a four-year programme
because they refused to do what should not
be done. We got involved and they have
graduated and we are still looking at the
possibility of prosecution.”
Meanwhile, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
state has applauded the international
community for ‘revealing’ some undoings of
the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration.
Fayose, who is in Guangzhou, China to
attend the 119th China Import and Export
Fair otherwise known as the Canton Fair
between April 14 and 19, singled out the
United States of America and the United
Kingdom for joining lovers of democracy in
Nigeria to speak out against the All
Progressives Congress (APC) government’s
use of state security apparatus to oppress
opposition.
the agency will soon publish a list of the
most corrupt ministries, departments and
agencies
– Nta disclosed that ICPC is trying to
develop a scorecard like Transparency
International which rates countries as to the
level of corruption of countries
– Says the anti-corruption agency is also
investigating university lecturers who abuse
their office by demanding sex from female
students in return for good grades
There is anxiety among civil servants who
live beyond their means following moves by
the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to
beam its searchlights on wealthy civil
servants.
This is in addition to plans by the agency to
publish a list of the most corrupt ministries,
departments and agencies.
The Chairman of the ICPC, Ekpo Nta,
disclosed on Friday, April 15 that the agency
recently seized 61 houses from one female
public servant, The Punch reports.
“From one of the employees of one of the
organisations, we seized about 61 or 62
houses in an estate. The matter is in court so
I can’t say too much but I want to say that the
officer was not a man. We do prosecution but
also try to seize the assets acquired (through
corrupt means) so that apart from
prosecution, we can strip you of the assets
within and outside the country,” he said.
Addressing participants of the national
institute for policy and strategic studies at
the Abuja headquarters of the agency, Nta
said the agency was trying to figure out the
ministries departments and agencies which
were most corrupt.
“We are developing scorecard like
Transparency International which rates
countries as to the level of corruption of
countries. We have developed one for
ministries departments and agencies.
Hopefully, we know those who will take the
first prize.”
The ICPC boss said the agency was also
investigating university lecturers who abuse
their office by demanding sex from female
students in return for good grades.
Nta said, “We have special teams that
investigate universities here. Quite a number
of students that have spent more than the
statutory period, like young girls who have
spent eight years for a four-year programme
because they refused to do what should not
be done. We got involved and they have
graduated and we are still looking at the
possibility of prosecution.”
Meanwhile, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
state has applauded the international
community for ‘revealing’ some undoings of
the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration.
Fayose, who is in Guangzhou, China to
attend the 119th China Import and Export
Fair otherwise known as the Canton Fair
between April 14 and 19, singled out the
United States of America and the United
Kingdom for joining lovers of democracy in
Nigeria to speak out against the All
Progressives Congress (APC) government’s
use of state security apparatus to oppress
opposition.
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