Feb. 4, 2022

…Secures 66 convictions from 243 cases

The Federal Government says it has traced 2,000 projects worth over N300 billion, between 2019 and 2021, through its Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking Initiative by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC).

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this while briefing the media in Abuja on the giant strides of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration in its anti-corruption fight.

Mohammed said during the same period, 326 contractors, who abandoned projects across the six geo-political zones, were forced by the Commission to return to site, to complete projects worth N32.183 billion.

He noted that the ICPC’s Assets Tracing, Recovery and Management (ATRM) project led to the recovery of cash totalling N34.346 billion and US$1.62 million between 2019 and 2021.

“Also, the Commission’s System Study and Review of personnel and capital votes of MDAs resulted in savings of N261 billion to the government between 2019 and 2021. ICPC has also secured 66 convictions from the 243 cases it filed in court during the same three-year period”.

He disclosed that the ICPC had also secured 66 convictions from the 243 cases it filed in court, during the same three-year period.

The minister however said that the ICPC had played a pivotal role in bringing about structural changes in the operations of the government.