Days to 2023 Gov Elections, Buhari Swears in ICPC Board Members

• A new board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has been inaugurated by the presidency
• The board's members were sworn in on Wednesday, March 15, before the commencement of the weekly FEC meeting
• President Muhammadu Buhari carried out the swearing-in at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja

State House, Abuja - President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven reappointed board members for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The ceremony, which took place in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, was conducted before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Buhari on Wednesday, March 15, The Nation reports.

Below are the new members of the board:

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The spokesperson for the commission, Azuka Ogugua, confirmed that the exercise would be carried out with the objective of investigating fraudulent procurement practices in the award of contracts for the selected projects across various constituents.

Ogugua also noted that the tracking process would ensure that all government-funded projects are executed fully to their specifications.

She said that the ICPC would make recoveries where the project costs are inflated by contractors or are poorly executed.

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission made a new arrest, as the scarcity of the new naira notes persists.

The ICPC, in a statement, disclosed that its operatives found the sum of N258 million stashed in the vault at the head office of Sterling Bank in Abuja.

This finding came as a result of one of the operations the Commission carried out to ensure that commercial banks and other interest groups did not disregard the apex bank’s direction says a statement by ICPC spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua.

Source: Legit.ng