ICPC Trails N610bn Projects In 22 States, Flags Off Phase 7 Exercise

• Phase 7 of Constituency, Executive Project Tracking Exercise commences

BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared that a total of N610b projects have been tracked in 22 States as it flagged off Phase seven (7) of the Constituency and Executive Project Tracking Exercise.

Tracking of the constituency and executive projects is the Commission’s initiative that began in 2019 and focuses on the proper utilisation of funds allocated to critical sectors of education, health, agriculture, water resources, and power among others by the government.

According to the anti-graft agency, the 7th phase of the exercise, which commenced on Monday, 18th November 2024, in 22 states across the six geo-political zones, involves 1500 projects valued at a total of N610 billion

Among the listed states are Kwara, Niger, Kogi, FCT, Kebbi, Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, and Borno. Others include Lagos, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Cross River, Delta, Imo, Abia and Enugu State.

The Phase 7 tracking exercise will cut across agencies of government including intervention agencies such as North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Rural Electrification Agency (REA), National Primary Health Care Development Authority (NPHCDA), Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) and Ecological Fund Office.

A statement made available to Journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday and signed by the ICPC’s Spokesperson, Demola Bakare, who is Acting Director of Public Enlightenment and Education said the objective of the exercise is to deepen adherence to due process in the execution of government projects, improve value for money, and entrench the culture of compliance with the scope and specification as contained in the contract documents.

The statement explained that the Commission tracked a total of 1,900 projects valued at N500 billion in Phase 6 of the exercise across 24 states of the nation’s six geopolitical zones, adding that the projects were tracked within the focal sectors of Education, Water Resources, Agriculture, Power, Health, Energy, and Roads.

Furthermore, the statement disclosed that the projects in the 6th phase were awarded to a total of 1,355 contractors in 176 Ministries Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) during the period under review.