We’re making progress in anti-corruption war – ICPC boss

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Saturday, February 6th, 2016

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has said the war against corruption by the present administration is gaining momentum, saying more Nigerians are keying into the project.

He attributed the progress made so far to the anti-corruption disposition of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the President had been leading by example.

According to a statement by the ICPC on Friday, Nta spoke on a television programme where he said the international community had started reckoning with the anti-corruption drive of the government.

He added that the anti-corruption fight had also been generating interest from the grassroots in Nigeria as even local communities

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has said the war against corruption by the present administration is gaining momentum, saying more Nigerians are keying into the project.

He attributed the progress made so far to the anti-corruption disposition of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the President had been leading by example.

According to a statement by the ICPC on Friday, Nta spoke on a television programme where he said the international community had started reckoning with the anti-corruption drive of the government.

He added that the anti-corruption fight had also been generating interest from the grassroots in Nigeria as even local communities had willingly been reporting people they suspect as living above their means, unlike when indigenes of some communities used to be hostile to operatives of law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies, including ICPC, anytime they want to make arrests.

The statement partly read, “The seriousness with which the war is being fought in Nigeria has been eliciting responses from countries that have been promising to offer assistance to Nigeria in its fight against corruption.

“ICPC has long taken preventive measures towards advancing the course of the fight against corruption through the promotion of ethics and integrity from childhood. We have also alluded to the launching of National Values Curriculum in schools since 2007 to inculcate ethics in students at primary and secondary schools, which is in collaboration with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council.”

had willingly been reporting people they suspect as living above their means, unlike when indigenes of some communities used to be hostile to operatives of law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies, including ICPC, anytime they want to make arrests.

The statement partly read, “The seriousness with which the war is being fought in Nigeria has been eliciting responses from countries that have been promising to offer assistance to Nigeria in its fight against corruption.

“ICPC has long taken preventive measures towards advancing the course of the fight against corruption through the promotion of ethics and integrity from childhood. We have also alluded to the launching of National Values Curriculum in schools since 2007 to inculcate ethics in students at primary and secondary schools, which is in collaboration with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council.”

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