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The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Cofmmission (ICPC) disclosed, yesterday, it was prosecuting over 400 corruption-related cases in various courts across the country even as it blamed the judiciary for the drawbacks it suffered in the course of prosecuting the cases.
ICPC Chairman, Mr. Ekpo NTA, who disclosed this when he appeared before the Senator Chukwuka Utazi-led Senate committee on Anti Corruption and Financial Crimes, however, pleaded with the National Assembly to look into its funding, adding that if corruption was the main headache in the country, the government must invest to curb it.
According to the ICPC boss, 90 per cent of the agency’s budget was spent annually on prosecution, while only 10 per cent was expended on prevention, even as he stressed that the existing structure was unproductive and was not in consonance with the recommendations of the United Nations (UN).
The ICPC Chairman, who acknowledged some of the modest reforms that have been initiated by the ICPC in recent times, said: “Most of the time, we talk about corruption. No one spends time to talk about anti-corruption. There is a clear distinction between corruption and other financial crimes. When we were sworn in, I was being abused on a daily basis on the pages of national newspapers because of my approach to fighting corruption.
- Vanguard
ICPC Chairman, Mr. Ekpo NTA, who disclosed this when he appeared before the Senator Chukwuka Utazi-led Senate committee on Anti Corruption and Financial Crimes, however, pleaded with the National Assembly to look into its funding, adding that if corruption was the main headache in the country, the government must invest to curb it.
According to the ICPC boss, 90 per cent of the agency’s budget was spent annually on prosecution, while only 10 per cent was expended on prevention, even as he stressed that the existing structure was unproductive and was not in consonance with the recommendations of the United Nations (UN).
The ICPC Chairman, who acknowledged some of the modest reforms that have been initiated by the ICPC in recent times, said: “Most of the time, we talk about corruption. No one spends time to talk about anti-corruption. There is a clear distinction between corruption and other financial crimes. When we were sworn in, I was being abused on a daily basis on the pages of national newspapers because of my approach to fighting corruption.
- Vanguard
