The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has announced the seizure of 61 houses from a corrupt female public servant and the monitoring and arrest of civil servants living beyond their means.
The Chairman of the ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta who addressed participants of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS at the Abuja headquarters of the agency on Friday, disclosed that the ICPC will soon start to publish the list of the most corrupt Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Nta while speaking on the theme, ‘The role of the ICPC in the War Against Corruption: Mandate, Strategies and Challenges’, said, “We are developing a 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 will know those who will take the first prize.”
He also said that once the 2016 Budget is passed, the ICPC would begin to watch how monies are being spent, adding that the commission has been prosecuting public servants found to be living 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,” he said.
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