The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has kicked off the 7th phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise. According to the Commission, the exercise will cover 1,500 schemes valued at N610 billion.
This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the ICPC, Demola Bakare, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Bakare noted that the exercise is an initiative of the Commission that began in 2019.
The ICPC spokesperson stated that exercise focused on how well money allocated to critical sectors like education, health, agriculture, water resources and power, amongst others, were utilized.
He said, “The 7th phase, involving 1,500 projects with a total project value of N610 billion, commenced on November 18 in the FCT. And will extend to 21 States across the six geopolitical zones.
“The States are Kwara, Niger, Kogi, Kebbi, Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Lagos, Ondo, Osun and Oyo. Other are Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Cross River, Delta, Imo, Abia and Enugu States and FCT.
“The tracking exercise will cut across agencies of government. Including intervention agencies such as North-East Development Commission (NEDC) and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).”
Bakare noted that other agencies to be covered were the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
Also included are the National Primary Health Care Development Authority (NPHCDA), Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) and Ecological Fund Office.
According to spokesperson, the exercise’s objective was to deepen adherence to due process in the execution of government projects and improve value for money.
“It is also to entrench the culture of compliance with the scope and specification as contained in the contract documents.
“The ICPC tracked a total of 1,900 projects valued at N500 billion in the 6th phase of the exercise. And the projects cut across 24 States of the nation’s six geopolitical zones.
“The projects were tracked within the focal sectors of Education, Water Resources, Agriculture, Power, Health, Energy, and Roads.
“These projects in the 6th phase were awarded to a total of 1,355 contractors in 176 MDAs,” Bakare said.
source: NAN
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