Integrity Report: ICPC Lists 52 MDAs as ‘High Corruption Risk’, Gives Reasons
- Some top government agencies have been listed as high corruption risk by the ICPC
- The commission made this disclosure through a post shared on its Twitter page on Thursday, January 12
- According to the integrity report by the ICPC, the 52 MDAs were classified as ‘High Corruption Risk (HCR)’ due to their failure to give response to an Ethics and Integrity (EICS) enquiry filed by the commission in 2022
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, January 12, 2023 released its integrity report.
According to the agency, about 52 ministries, departments and agencies of government have declined to respond to the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard (EICS) deployed in 2022 by ICPC and were hence classified as ‘High Corruption Risk.’
Source: Twitter
ICPC takes serious action against agencies found guilty
In a post sighted by Legit.ng on Friday, January 13th, by the ICPC on its official Twitter page, @icpcnigeria stressed that the listed MDAs have been flagged for the attention of the public and for further inquiries and actions.
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A breakdown of the lists in the report
A breakdown of the report shows that 52 agencies scored zero in the ranking, which means they did not respond to enquiries sent to them.
Those in this category include;
- The Federal Ministry of Education,
- Supreme Court,
- Court of Appeal,
- National Judicial Institute,
- Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission,
- National Bureau of Statistics and
- The National Pension Commission.
Others were:
- The Centre for Women Development,
- Court of Appeal,
- National Gallery of Arts,
- Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board,
- National Population Commission,
- National Environmental Standards Regulations Enforcement Agency,
- Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission,
- Standards Organisation of Nigeria,
- National Centre For Disease Control,
- National Broadcasting Commission,
- National Hospital,
- National Examination Council, Minna,
- Universal Basic Education Commission,
- Federal Civil Service Commission,
- National Boundary Commission and
- The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria.
Also on the list of non-compliant MDAs are;
- The Council for Regulation Of Engineering in Nigeria,
- National Agricultural Seeds Council, Kwali, Nigeria,
- Social Insurance Trust Fund, and
- The Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron.
On the importance of the Scorecard, the ICPC noted that,
“Failure to respond to such simple demands by ICPC for reviews or tools to improve operational practices may be symptomatic of a system deficit, impunity or a cover-up for fraud and administrative felonies.
“This calls for a systems study and review of the MDA, and where necessary, investigation and other law enforcement interventions.”
The ICPC further disclosed that 41 MDAs were undergoing corruption investigations while 22 MDAs were being investigated for tax infractions.
N12.2m fraud: ICPC drags civil defence officer to court for allegedly duping jobseeker
In another report, Solomon Ogodo, a superintendent of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been charged to court for allegedly defrauding a job seeker of the sum of N12.2 million.
This was made known in a statement issued on Thursday, December 8, 2022, by the prosecutor, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The alleged NSCDC officer in charge no: CR/503/2022 is facing charges bordering on fraud, forgery, and employment racketeering.
Lawyers write ICPC, call for probe of FG's appointee over alleged fraud
Meanwhile, agitations continue for the ouster of Stella Oketete as the executive director of the Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank.
In a statement made available to Legit.ng on Thursday, December 8, 2022, the Lawyers For Reform Group has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the NEXIM Bank boss over allegations of associated fraudulent activities.
Recall that Legit.ng had earlier reported that the federal government approved the appointment of Oketete despite allegedly not being qualified for the position.
Source: Legit.ng
