The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced that it would soon publish the list of most corrupt ministries, department and agencies in Nigerian.
It also announced the ongoing arrest of civil servants who live beyond their means.
The Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, who made these known when was addressing participants of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies at the Abuja headquarters of the agency said: “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.”
Nta added that once the 2016 Budget is passed, the ICPC would begin to monitor how monies are being spent.
Speaking on the theme, ‘The role of the ICPC in the War Against Corruption: Mandate, Strategies and Challenges’, the ICPC boss said that the commission had started prosecuting public servants that live beyond their means.
“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.”
Nta said that the ICPC is also investigating university lecturers who demand sex from female students in return for good grades.
He said that even though it is the role of the police to investigate cases of sexual harassment and rape, it is also the role of the ICPC to investigate cases bordering on abuse of office.
“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.” [myad]
