The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has commenced phase seven of the constituency and executive project tracking exercise.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Demola Bakare, the acting ICPC’s spokesperson, said the exercise, which began on Monday, involves 1,500 projects estimated at N610 billion.
He said the projects will be tracked in 22 states across the six geopolitical zones.
The states are Kwara, Niger, Kogi, FCT, Kebbi, Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Lagos, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Cross River, Delta, Imo, Abia, and Enugu State.
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The ICPC spokesperson said the exercise will cut across intervention agencies such as North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Rural Electrification Agency (REA), National Primary Health Care Development Authority (NPHCDA), Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), and Ecological Fund Office (EFO).
“The objective of the exercise is to deepen adherence to due process in the execution of government projects, improve value for money, and entrench the culture of compliance with the scope and specification as contained in the contract documents,” the statement reads.
Bakare said the antigraft agency tracked 1,900 projects valued at N500 billion in phase six of the exercise across 24 states.
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“The projects were tracked within the focal sectors of education, water resources, agriculture, power, health, energy, and roads,” he said.
ICPC launched the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise in 2019 to ensure the proper utilisation of funds for development purposes.
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