The Independent Corrupt Practices
and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed that it had
commenced probe of federal government parastatals.
This was contained in a statement
on Sunday by Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, ICPC spokesperson.
It said a reasonable number of
petitions received by it were on infractions committed in the process of
implementing the budgetary provisions and allocations of Capital Development
Fund and Personnel Cost.
It added: “In order to reduce the
lapses in the utilisation of funds released to Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDAs) for Capital Expenditure and Personnel Cost, the Commission
will, beginning from tomorrow Monday, 1st April, 2019, deploy its officers to
MDAs to carry out a Systems Study and Review on 2017 and 2018 Personnel Cost as
well as 2018 Capital Development Fund.
“As part of the exercise, the
Commission will also deploy an instrument, known as Ethics and Compliance Score
Card, to measure Ethics and Integrity standards in MDA operations.
“Letters have been dispatched to
the various MDAs for strict compliance and to note that personnel cost is for
payment of salary and allowances for Government employees only, while Capital
Development Funds are for Capital Projects as approved in the Appropriation
Act.
“Infractions identified in the
process of the exercise will be addressed accordingly in line with extant laws
and policies.”
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