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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has warned against project duplication.
Chairman of the commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, gave the warning at a Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria, hosted by the ICPC in Abuja, on Tuesday.
Owasanoye said that thousands of projects were repeated annually in the budget, without diligent scrutiny of need, implementation, or otherwise.
He added that some projects were duplicated as annual zonal intervention projects, otherwise called constituency projects of the legislature, while also featuring as projects of the executive.
Government approves Anti-Corruption Strategy By TPN/Lusa, in News, Politics · 29-04-2021 17:09:00 · 0 Comments
The Government has presented the National Anti-Corruption Strategy in the areas of prevention and repression, and has given a general overview of some diplomas that will be presented to the Parliament.
In terms of repression, the Government foresees a harmonisation of the 15-year statute of limitations for corruption crimes and other economic-financial crimes committed by officials and holders of political positions, the breaking of the silence pacts between the parties through the possibility of waiving or reducing the penalty, under certain conditions, by improving the mechanism that already exists today and also the provisional suspension of the process for those who report the crime and cooperate in
National Assembly: CONAC Edifies On Path Covered
Efforts made by the
National Anti-Corruption Commission, best known by its French acronym CONAC, in the fight against the mismanagement of public funds since the creation of the institution have been presented to
Members of the National Assembly. The
Commission’s Chairperson, Rev. Dr. Dieudonné Massi Gams highlighted the strides registered thus far on April 8, 2021 during a special plenary chaired by the
the National Integrity Education Programme (NIEP), and
the Charter of the National Coalition Against Corruption (CNCAC). He noted that the Commission has been able to cumulatively
recover FCFA 1,652 billion, 582 million, 958 thousand and 279 from 2011 to 2017. On what is done with the funds, he said the money is deposited into the public treasury either at the divisional or regional level and the receipt presented to CONAC. The fight against corruption in Cameroon, the Commission’s Chair noted, is real dynamic and co
It’s no secret that corruption is the scourge of South Africa. Millions of misappropriated funds have been swindled from the national piggy bank, straight into the pockets of the dishonourable. As Paul Hoffman notes below, ‘without swift reforms the scourge of corruption is likely to overwhelm SA and derail our constitutional project started with such high hopes and lofty aspirations in 1994′. SA’s economy wasn’t in a prime position, even before the advent of Covid-19. The virus has dealt a more severe blow to South Africa and its people – many of which live in absolute poverty. Greed and dishonesty has ensured that those that need help most don’t ever get it. Hoffman suggests the only way to properly combat government corruption ‘is to establish a stand alone new Chapter Nine Institution with a mandate to investigate and prosecute corruption. This step will involve relieving the NPA, SAPS and OPP of various anti-corruption functions that they currently are burdened w